Political Quotes

“Madam President, I would like to speak to the coronavirus--more specifically, the Senate's response to the coronavirus or, shall I say, apparently the absence of a response. I am a doctor, and one of the most exciting things they often show in a TV show is when there is an emergency--there is a car wreck, somebody's heart stops beating, somebody faints, something like that-- every resource is brought. I have been in that situation, and when it occurs, there is someone who might be called--you know, runs the show, if you will, or the captain of the show and begins to say ``You must do this'' or ``You must do that.'' At that point, nicety does not matter. Orders are given, you respond, and things are done. That is because there is not a moment to be lost. I think I bring that sense of urgency to this situation. Our Presiding Officer was in the military as a combat pilot. She knows quite well that sometimes minutes matter. Sometimes minutes matter. I would argue that ``sometime'' is now. I have been staying away from grocery stores, et cetera, and eating through my frozen food. There is stuff in the fridge. Somebody told me they went to the grocery store, and businesses that had been in business last week are now boarded up. I am having calls regularly with small business owners back in Louisiana, and they are so worried about cashflow and trying to keep people on. Some have already laid folks off, wondering what they can do. The uncertainty is destroying their livelihood.…”