Political Quotes

“Madam President, as the Presiding Officer is well aware, as one of our great leaders on our economic agenda, of what we are calling a fair shot, it is incredibly important in the time we are in session that we have an opportunity to vote again on each of those items and hopefully pass each of the items at the front line of what American families, American people, care about in terms of lifting their standard of living and creating more opportunities. It is great that we have seen the stock market more than double in the past 5, 6 years. It is great that someone who is living off of interest earnings has a better portfolio. That is great. But the person who is getting up every day, going to work, and maybe takes a shower after work, ought to have the same fair shot to get ahead so that this economy is growing--and that is great--but it needs to grow and create opportunity for everyone. We can help with that by having the right support and the right policies, and that is what the fair shot agenda is all about. This afternoon we are going to be voting on a very important piece-- which I frankly can't believe we are even having to talk about in 2014--whether we are going to actually enforce equal pay for equal work laws. When I think about my own family, my daughter, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter at 7 years old--I hope by the time she grows up we are not still going to be talking about this issue.…”