Political Quotes

“This recession is a national recession, but you feel it in every town, in every community, in every city where mayors and Governors out there--Democrats and Republicans--are fighting every day to bring vitality back to their communities. This bill has the potential to help them, to be some wind under their wings and to get this job done. So I am proud to have the thousands of mayors in our country who have stepped up to support this legislation. I am also proud to have almost 28, if not 30, Governors who have written personally, sometimes numerous letters, to say they support this legislation. I have used the time in conclusion to rebut the only article we know of that was a negative one. We have had many positive articles and editorials, and we are grateful because the bill is self-explanatory. The one reporter who wrote, I thought, a very misleading story has retracted portions of it, which he admitted were not accurate, and I have given the detail to rebut the other sections of his article. But we continue to pick up endorsements. The bill is bipartisan. We have to get Main Street moving again. When we do--and only when we do--will this recession end and our constituents can go back to work or they can fulfill their dreams to build a business of their own that can employ them and bring security, prosperity, and happiness to their families. But this Congress should act and we should act now--in the next 24 hours. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”