Political Quotes

“I appreciate the gentleman from New York. I will remind him that his State government has already received $28.5 billion in bail-out money and, under this proposal, would receive $20.5 billion under the plan; while that very same government has enacted some of the strongest lockdown policies in the Nation, resulting in the closure of more than 6,500 small businesses in the State of New York, with an unemployment rate currently at 8.2 percent. And the State of New York also has the second highest COVID- related deaths per capita in the Nation. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Obernolte), an entrepreneur from California, a leader in his State legislature on budgetary issues, and a new member of the Budget Committee.”