Political Quotes

“I want to take one other moment just to also speak and thank everybody that is involved at this point in getting us to where we are on this very important survival package. I have never felt this was a COVID stimulus. It is about helping people survive over the next several months, whether that is making sure they have a roof over their head and food on the table, can pay the bills, keep the heat on. In places like North Dakota and places like Ohio, it is going to get pretty cold this winter. Our small businesses, our farmers, our schools that need help to be able to succeed, all the support we need to provide for vaccine distribution and healthcare, and all of the other areas--this has been a tough negotiation. I do want to say, on a couple of points where I have been deeply involved, I want to thank the Presiding Officer for his support and help on our nutrition and agriculture pieces. We have come together in a very important step. It is going to allow more people to get help to feed their families over the next several months--no small thing. We have a hunger crisis in our country. We have people who have donated to the food bank, worked for the food bank, and are now sitting for hours in cars, waiting to drive up and get a box of food, in the United States of America.…”