Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleague. I think he stepped to the back. No one has been a better champion for our miners and their families than Senator Joe Manchin. Every single day, he brings to us the needs of our coal miners and people who have literally fueled a generation beyond our economy. I want to thank Senator Manchin for his leadership, and also thank Senator Brown for his leadership as well. The two of them together are leading our efforts. I am proud to be joining with them to focus on an issue that is hurting working men and women across Michigan and across the country. It is an issue that, quite frankly, I can't believe that, in the Senate, we are having to actually talk about why people should get the pension that they have paid into their whole life. I can't believe that we even have to have this as an issue or the fact that we are having to fight to get the attention of the majority leader and the majority in the Senate who actually bring up legislation to help people get the pension they have paid into their whole working life. This ought to be a given. We used to think it was. It is wrong that it is not today. For generations, millions of working people built better lives for themselves and their families with jobs that provided more than just a paycheck.…”