Political Quotes

“let me thank the senior Senator from Ohio, Mr. Brown, for his leadership for working families. We were colleagues in the House of Representatives and there was no more effective voice on behalf of working families than Congressman Brown, now Senator Brown. I just want to thank him for bringing these issues to our attention. He is absolutely right, there has been an all-out assault on the dignity of working families in this country at all levels. I will talk a little bit about the budget deliberations because I believe here, also, we find an assault on the middle-income families. As President Kennedy said, ``to govern is to choose.'' We have never had a clearer choice of two different visions of America. I wish to talk a little bit about that because I know we are all working hard to reach a fair compromise, and I am one of those who believe the final agreement will not be what the Democrats want or what the Republicans want. We will have to do a compromise. But I think the people of this Nation need to know the types of choices we are making here in Washington. I see the Republicans--and I have heard some of the speeches that were recently given on the floor--are really trying to protect the very wealthy, the millionaires.…”