Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this Bunning amendment is the fourth attempt in 2 days to pay for emergency safety net programs by cutting back stimulus spending, by cutting back from the Recovery Act. This is the same amendment. We have voted on this basic topic four times. Yesterday the Senate voted 53 to 43 against the Bunning amendment to cut back Recovery Act funds for the 30-day extension bill. Earlier today the Senate voted 61 to 38 against the Thune amendment to cut back Recovery Act funds, and just a few minutes ago the Senate voted down the Burr amendment. Now we have the Bunning amendment to cut back Recovery Act funds again to pay for the pending bill. CBO does say the Recovery Act has added jobs. Between 1 million and 2.1 million jobs have been added to our economy because of the Recovery Act. Just to repeat, the CBO says the Recovery Act added between 1 million and 2 million to the number of Americans employed in the fourth quarter of last year. CBO also says the Recovery Act increased the number of full-time equivalent jobs by between 1.4 and 3 million jobs. The Recovery Act is creating jobs, so I think the last thing we should do is scale back something that is working. If it is working, don't change it. If it is working, let's continue with it. I move to table the Bunning amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll.…”