Political Quotes

“Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, for recognizing me and giving me this time to speak on a very important subject. I want to associate myself with the comments of my friend from Kentucky (Mr. Yarmuth) who spoke just a minute ago. He is absolutely correct, there is no more important discussion that we can have on this House floor than the subject of jobs, jobs, and jobs. I was delighted yesterday to see the action of the United States Senate. The Senate passed, by a majority of 62 Senators voting, to invoke cloture and to begin discussing and debating the long-awaited jobs bill. I am very pleased that the Senate is taking this matter very seriously. We are working to stimulate job growth in this country. And we must ensure that the bill puts people back to work. That is what it is all about, putting people back to work. Our bill also assists the unemployed and struggling who are trying to make ends meet with their family. So the vote of the Senate yesterday was quite encouraging, and I want to commend our colleagues in the other body for doing so. Mr. Speaker, one of the advantages that we had in being snowed out of Washington for the last 2\1/2\ weeks was that we had an opportunity to go back to our districts and to visit the various counties and to talk with people who are suffering from job loss. And it is profound. In December, the House passed a strong jobs bill that included provisions that extended unemployment insurance benefits. That is very important.…”