Political Quotes

“All right. Let me just say at the outset that we are talking about people who did not voluntarily leave their jobs. These people did not voluntarily leave their jobs. They were terminated. They were laid off. They were furloughed. These are not people who were gaming a system. These are people who are victims of the system that is hurt by this national emergency. Secondly, if we are erring on the side of giving struggling, hard- working families an additional $1,000 a month--$1,000 a month--for goodness' sake, I am not going to apologize for a moment. These people are living paycheck to paycheck, in many respects, if they are making $15 an hour. That is $30,000 a year. And for us to say: Well, they are going to end up with 1,000 bucks; now they will never go back to work, those people. I don't believe that. In this world of social media and such, we have been contacted by nurses who say: So you think we are going to quit our jobs so that we can take advantage of the unemployment benefits? No, we go to our jobs, and we do what we have to do, and the amount of money is secondary.”