Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to start by saluting Chairman McGovern, who has done such a sensational job under adverse circumstances bringing us a new rule so that we can maintain the continuity of the U.S. Congress. We are bringing a rule forward today to allow for a very narrow exception to allow for proxy voting in the coronavirus emergency, when Members cannot get back to Washington, so we can continue the absolutely vital and central work of Congress. That work continues today with the HEROES Act, which will put trillions of dollars into the heroes of America: the firefighters and the cops, the teachers, the frontline health workers, the emergency responders, the people who actually make America run. That is what the HEROES Act is all about. We hear a lot in Congress about how much people love the States and the cities and the towns. Now is the chance to show it. Let's put our money where our mouth is and support Americans who are struggling with this crisis brought by the coronavirus and the mismanagement of the disease from the very beginning, the mismanagement of our efforts to fight it. America, as Dr. Bright said yesterday, does not have a plan. We need massive testing. We need vigilant contact tracing. We need coordination of logistics rather than pitting the States against each other in a ruthless competition for PPEs and for ventilators. The U.S.…”