Political Quotes

“Yesterday was a big day for a lot of low-income American people that are hard working. The other body passed the minimum wage increase bill overwhelmingly. All the media talked about it, what a great thing it was for the low-income American people that work very hard right now for $4.25. Folks, I have got something to tell you. You have seen the last of it. Newt Gingrich, dictator Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the House, and the leader of the Senate, both oppose that minimum wage. One of two things is going to happen. They are either not going to appoint conferees or they are going to wait until September or October, right before we adjourn, to appoint them. Or if they appoint conferees the conferees are never going to come to an agreement. The same thing is happening on health care reform. They did not like it the way it was, so they are not going to have it. That is what happens when you have a dictator as a Speaker. Newt Gingrich is not going to permit the minimum wage bill to ever come up for a vote in the House and Senate again. Why? The National Restaurant Association is opposed to it, and they have given Newt Gingrich thousands and thousands of dollars. That is why.”