Political Quotes

“Some of us have been here for some period of time. Some of us have heard this debate before. My friend, Mr. Reed, from New York, opined, and others have opined, about how we passed a number of bipartisan bills, five to be exact. March 4, March 14, March 27, April 24, and then we had a hiatus, because the majority leader of the Senate said we ought to take a break and see what happens, and the minority leader of the House said the same thing. So we didn't take any action. Frankly, tens of thousands of people died-- hundreds of thousands of people died. Now, I point out that we have acted five times: 415-2, 363-40--a voice vote on the CARES Act, $2 trillion--388-5, and 359-53. Now, if you include the CASH Act, which we passed, because the President, i.e., Mr. Trump, said we needed more money for people, so we passed the bill and 44 Republicans voted for that one as well. Now, there is only one thing that has changed since we passed those first five bills. We now have a Democratic President and not a Republican President. That is the only thing that has changed. The need is there. The virus is still with us. The economy is struggling. But now we have a Democratic President, so I expect zero of you to vote for this. Excuse me, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I expect zero Republicans to vote for this bill. Why do I expect that? Because I was here in 2009 when, under George Bush, we went into the deepest recession this country has seen since the Great Depression.…”