Political Quotes

“So, 2,700 jobs. I am glad Senator Stabenow reminds me. Electrolux makes Frigidaires. They are moving to Mexico. We asked them whether they sold Frigidaires in Mexico. No. They are going to sell them in the United States. More manufacturing jobs heading over the border. Maytag, in Galesburg, IL--the stories just go on and on and on. It is not like these jobs are leaving and new, good jobs are coming. When we asked an employee of Lucent Technologies from Illinois how much he made an hour for Lucent after almost 30 years on the job, he said $27. When I asked him: What kind of job are you looking for now? He said: I am lucky to get one that pays $8 an hour with no benefits. For the Bush administration to argue there are job replacements out there is to overlook the obvious. For certain workers there is nothing that can replace a good-paying manufacturing job in a person's lifetime. And that, unfortunately, is the sad reality. When you look at this budget, you realize the obvious. The money is not there for health insurance, which is critical for unemployed workers and basically for workers and businesses large and small. There is no money provided here to basically take care of the 43 million Americans who don't have health insurance. Many of them are our neighbors who get up and go to work every morning, many with children who have no health insurance protection. This budget fails to keep the President's promise on education.”