Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the bill before us today marks a triumph for our Nation. After months of negotiations within our Caucus and our committees, with our colleagues in the Senate, and with the White House, I am proud to present the most consequential legislation for American families since the New Deal. The Build Back Better Act makes historic investments over 10 years to overhaul and reimagine entire sectors of our economy and society so that everyone, not just those at the top, will benefit from a growing economy. This bill delivers the most transformative investment in children and caregiving in generations, the largest effort to combat climate change in American history, the biggest expansion of affordable health coverage in a decade, the most significant effort to bring down costs and strengthen the middle class in generations, investments and key reforms to make our tax system more equitable, and more. To be clear, if we were only making the largest investment in childcare in the history of the Nation, saving most American families more than half of their spending on childcare, that would be a major victory for the American people. If we were only guaranteeing universal preschool for all 3- and 4- year-olds, the first expansion of basic public education in our country in 100 years, that would be a major victory for the American people.…”