Political Quotes

John Yarmuth: “I thank the gentleman. And it's interesting because, again, you can find a foundation for all these things we're doing…”

On the recordOctober 24, 2007
I thank the gentleman. And it's interesting because, again, you can find a foundation for all these things we're doing in these very words in article I, because one of our responsibilities is to provide for the general welfare. And when we're talking about the minimum wage, we're talking about the general welfare of the people. I would like to return to our distinguished president, who has a distinguished military record of his own, since we've been talking about our efforts with regard to Iraq and the military.
Said by
John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of minimum wage in relation to general welfare.

Share

More from John Yarmuth

Sep 29, 2022

Of course, congratulations to the victors. It is getting old. I had that trophy for a little while. I haven't seen it in quite some time.

govinfo.gov
Aug 12, 2022

We just heard the big lie a couple more times about 87,000 IRS agents that are going to be armed. It is total bunk. Nonsense. The Republicans should stop it and tell the truth. They are continuing to say it. I will say one thing. We were…

govinfo.gov
Jul 19, 2022

We need to be much better at that.

congress.gov
Jul 19, 2022

We did not commit child abuse. That is an absurd statement. Forgive me, Speaker Gingrich.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation