Political Quotes

“I see the Senator from Nebraska, and I will not take much time, but I would ask a question of the Senator from Nevada. The Senator from Nevada has been in the Congress as long as I have. We came together in 1982. We have seen a lot of things happen. I ask the Senator from Nevada if, in his time in serving in Congress, he has ever seen a worse special interest bill than this bill which would repeal the estate tax which affects about 2 families out of every 1,000, families who are the wealthiest in America, that the Republican leadership in the House and Senate insist we have to reduce their taxes before we can ever consider giving an increase in the minimum wage to 11 million workers who get up every morning and go to work? For 9 straight years, the Republican leadership in the White House and Congress has said to these hard-working Americans, no pay raise. Now-- now--comes the deal. The Republicans have finally said: OK, all right, our conscience has finally gotten to us--or maybe it is the fear of losing our congressional pay raise--but now we will consider the minimum wage pay raise as long as you will cut the taxes on the wealthiest people in America as part of the bargain. Has the Senator from Nevada ever seen a worse special interest bargain in 24 years?”