Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are in the midst of a crisis in our country--a crisis caused by the coronavirus. I cannot believe that the answer to this crisis from our friends on the other side of the aisle, as we move to address the economic consequences that are so severe for the people of this country, is delay, delay, delay; no sense of urgency; no hurry. I will tell you, I have had the honor to serve in this body for many years. Never--never--have I seen Republicans and Democrats fail to come together when confronted with a crisis. We did so after 9/11. We did so with the financial meltdown in 2008. Here, we are facing an enemy that is invisible but equally devastating to the health of our people and to the health of our economy. Yet, unbelievably, the Democratic leader objected to my even being able to speak this morning. Is that what we have come to? The Democratic leader objected to our convening at 9 o'clock this morning so that we could begin working in earnest. Is that what we have come to? The fact is, we have been working on a bipartisan effort through task force, with both Republicans and Democrats, making very good progress and putting together a comprehensive package--the third package we have dealt with. This one is to address and prevent the economic devastation that is being caused by this virus. We don't have another day. We don't have another hour. We don't have another minute to delay acting.…”