Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the motion to instruct and want to thank our colleague from Santa Barbara for offering it. Last year, as we lurched from one congressionally created crisis to another, uncertainty plagued families and businesses, and the American people's confidence in our ability to do their work plummeted. In the first few months of the new year, we can right these wrongs. We can proceed in a deliberative, mature manner to address our Nation's problems. As the President will reiterate tonight in his State of the Union Address, this is a make-or-break moment for our economic recovery, for our middle class and those trying to reach the middle class. Extending the payroll tax cut will put an average of $1,000 in the pockets of working people this year. Let's not play games by threatening to raise taxes on 160 million workers if you don't get your way on one bargaining chip or another. We should pass a full-year extension of the payroll tax cut right away and then move on to the President's broader jobs bill that would create jobs and put us on a faster road to recovery.”