Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. That is another thing we are going to hear continuously throughout the day, and that is that these are socialist programs; just as we heard last week that building infrastructure in this country was a socialist activity. And now childcare is socialist. Public education is socialist. Caring for our seniors is socialist. Dealing with climate change is socialist. I would like to get a definition from my Republican colleagues about what socialism is because the American people see this very differently; and virtually every poll on this piece of legislation has shown overwhelming support for each the elements that we are proposing. Madam Speaker, I am proud to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.”