Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself an additional 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, there was a chance here to do some investment in human capital: community colleges, vocational education, internship programs. The Labor Department reported 3 weeks ago, 6 million jobs go unanswered in America every single day. I hope tonight, as the Republicans confer, they can tell us where they are actually conferring because, between the paste and the bubble gum, they keep putting on a new dimension to their proposal. This should be a debate that included both parties. Before I reserve my time, for the moment, I want to say this: We had a chance to really do something big. They have, unbelievably, proposed to take the entire revenue architecture of this country in 3 weeks without one hearing, without one witness. They are going to change it all, and the middle class is about to get it in the neck to take care of people at the top. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”