Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, we have worked together to help try to address the problems within our country, both economically and the health side, small businesses, medium-sized businesses, large businesses, and State and local governments. Trillions of dollars have already been spent. When you think just about the hundreds of billions of dollars that we sent to States through various means, whether it is direct aid, the $150 billion package that we have sent to States, we see that each State got a large share of that money, billions of dollars in some cases for each State. I don't know one State that has spent all of their allotment. Many are working to try to figure out if they are going to help local governments or not. It was surely our intention here that it wouldn't just be for States, that 45 percent of that money should be available for local governments as well. I would urge Governors to respect that intent of this body. Rather than continuing to look to Washington, I think States need to start looking within and saying: How can we work to safely reopen our States, and how have other States done it successfully if other States are behind? We have models out there. That is why we always say the States are the great incubators of democracy. We all have smart people in this country who are figuring this out.…”