Political Quotes

“I come to the floor and will spend the next 15 minutes or so, maybe even longer, to support the arguments made just recently, and I might say eloquently and passionately, by the Senator from Michigan, who was one of the key architects of this very successful job creation program that the Republican House leadership is trying to kill. That is, in large measure, what this debate this weekend and through next week is about. That is why almost unanimously Democrats in the Senate are supporting our Democratic caucus in the House as we try to bring this debate forward so the American people can understand at this time and hopefully give their voice of support for what we are trying to do--keep government operating and keep jobs being created in this country. It is a struggle. We know we are not creating as many as we would like. But one of the programs that is creating thousands of jobs and has broad support in America--and I am going to read the groups supporting it in just a minute. For some reason, the Republican leader in the House, Eric Cantor, decided last week--even as the winds were affecting his district and Hurricane Irene was challenging the east coast, a portion of the country he represents--he decided we needed to find an offset so we could send money to his district and to other districts across the country and picked this program. They couldn't have picked a worse one because this program is actually working.…”