Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I understand there are other colleagues on the Senate floor. I want to speak for a few minutes as chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee and express my views about the vote we are going to cast in a few hours relative to that committee. To Senator Paul, I say respectfully--and it is going to be a lively debate--that to a hungry family, a chicken in the pot looks pretty good every now and then, and there are literally millions of children, sadly, in this country today who go home from school and open the refrigerator or look on the stove, and they can't find a drumstick anywhere. That is what this debate is about. No. 2, I used to love to hear President Clinton say that one of our jobs here was to create more millionaires. I belong to the DLC, and I am proud of it--the Democratic Leadership Council. We believe in creating opportunity that comes along with responsibility and creating paths forward to prosperity. Most people I represent--including tea party people--don't believe companies such as GE--one of the biggest companies in the world--should get away with paying no taxes. I guess the Senator from Kentucky thinks that is a good idea. We don't.…”