Political Quotes

“Senator Kennedy talked about Scooter, and Senator Scott talked about Bubba. I want to talk about Jelly Roll. It turns out, in a committee hearing with Jelly Roll--the country music rock singer--he grew up in Antioch, TN. I said: Do you remember Countryside Village? He said: Well, they call it Countryside Meadow. I said: I used to live there. He said: I did, too. It is a trailer park that is still standing on Richards Road in Nashville, TN. Back in the late seventies and early eighties, I was living in that trailer park, and I was living with a family in the economic bubble. I remember back then when President Reagan came in and he offered tax cuts that everybody characterized as tax cuts for the rich. But let me tell you all, when we saw those tax cuts implemented, Thom Tillis and Jelly Roll ended up finding opportunities beyond our wildest imagination. So it turns out that those so-called tax cuts for the rich back then lifted me out of that situation into a high-tech career and now standing here before you in the U.S. Senate. This and several other amendments are amendments that are standing in the way of other people getting lifted out of that same trailer park. So, ladies and gentlemen on our side of the aisle and those over there, I hope you will join us. Shout loudly ``no.''”