Political Quotes

“the median income in America has dropped. What is the Republican Congress trying to do? Increase the minimum wage? Nope. Making sure that everyone in this country has access to affordable health care? Nope. Controlling energy costs? Nope. It is making sure that the 18 wealthiest families in the Nation do not pay their fair share. Median income over the last 4 years in America has dropped by 2.8 percent. College costs are up by 38 percent. Health care costs are up by 75 percent. Energy costs are up by over 72 percent. And yet the middle class in America are facing a wageless recovery and an endless occupation. The heirs to the Wal-Mart, Campbell's Soup, and Gallo Wine fortunes rest easy knowing that this Congress is hard at work on their behalf. So rather than raise the minimum wage, the GOP Congress is going to cut taxes for the likes of Lee Raymond and his family. Mr. Speaker, ``shame'' is defined as a sense of guilt or embarrassment, and it is a condition that seems to be lost here on the Republican Congress. It is time for a change. It is time for a new direction. ____________________”