Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we need to establish clarity in the Record. This legislation is much improved over what came over to us from the Senate. This includes an additional $75 billion for our hospitals, $60 billion that is directed at people at the bottom end of the small business community. In addition, we all agree in this Chamber that the following has to occur: testing, testing, testing. That was not in the legislation until we decided on this side to establish that as a marker. This legislation, on every basis, has been improved. And let me just say this: President Trump has said more money for State and local governments, Republican Governors across the country and Democratic Governors, including the Republican Governor of Massachusetts who has spoken to me personally on this issue, as we go forward. This is about the police, the fire, the EMTs. This is about the schoolteachers. This is about those individuals who make a difference in our lives, the postal workers every day, and not to forget those individuals whom we depend on and we have come to see just how important they are to all of us in the last few weeks. That is what the additional phase four will look like. And with that, Mr. Speaker, with gratitude, I want to recognize the gentlewoman from New York.…”