Political Quotes

“When I heard my colleague from Massachusetts talk about the President's jobs bill, I couldn't resist responding to it. As my colleague from Massachusetts very well knows, the President's jobs bill was defeated in the Senate. It was introduced in the House by request. Only the person who introduced it has sponsored it, and there are no cosponsors. The Democrats are simply not serious about the President's jobs bill. They are using this as a political ploy. If the Democrats were really serious about it, they would all be signed on to the bill, but they are not. {time} 0940 Republicans are offering real alternatives to the situation that the Democrats have presented to us. We're signing on to our bills. We're voting for our bills. The Senate is controlled by the Democrats. They can't pass the President's jobs bill over there. It failed. It failed on a bipartisan vote. And let me point out to my colleague from Massachusetts that when the Democrats took control of the Congress in 2007, the unemployment rate was 4.6 percent. When Republicans gained control of the House again in January of this year, the unemployment rate had increased to 9 percent. What they want us to do is go back to the failed policies that existed in the 4 years that they were in control of the Congress and the 2 years that they controlled the Congress and the White House. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.…”