Political Quotes

“I thank Mrs. Coleman for her strong voice and for participating in tonight's Special Order hour. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to yield to our distinguished colleague from Connecticut, Rosa DeLauro, who has been one of Congress' leading champions for the security of America's working people and for building an American middle class that includes everybody. I am thrilled that Ms. DeLauro could join us, and I yield to her now. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Congressman Raskin and my other colleagues here this evening as we talk about what is going on in the lives of families in our country today. I rise to defend the Food Stamp program and to denounce the severe and immoral--I view them as immoral--cuts by the majority's farm bill. {time} 1715 You know, everyone knows that millions of people are struggling in this country. The biggest economic problem we have is that people are in jobs that just don't pay them enough money; they can't pay the high cost of healthcare; they can't afford to put food on the table; they don't take vacations; they don't take retirement; they are barely making it. And with regard to hunger, it is truly remarkable. Over 15 million children, nearly one in four in our country, live in the heavy shadow of what is going on in working families today.…”