Political Quotes

“I am, again, on this floor, this afternoon, because it is, again, apparent that Congress will fail to pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Congress will, again, fail to compensate those Americans who have been exposed by their own government to nuclear radiation, to nuclear testing, to nuclear waste. Why is Congress failing to act again? Well, because the House doesn't want to vote on it. The House doesn't want to vote on the radiation bill as part of the FAA. The House doesn't want to vote on the radiation bill as part of anything. The House just doesn't want to vote at all. The only problem with that is that there is only 1 month remaining before this vital program--this commitment that this Nation has made to the working people of this Nation, to the veterans of this Nation who have served this country--before this commitment runs out, before it goes dark, before people exposed to nuclear waste by their own government get nothing. We have 1 month to go, and the House is not acting. And so I am here, again, to remind this Congress, again, why it is vital, why it is a moral imperative that Congress--the House, in particular--act without delay.…”