Political Quotes

“I want to be clear. This negotiation has been messy. There is lots and lots in this bill that I don't like. There is lots in this bill that is also critically important and urgent for the American people. There are a bunch of things in here that I think stink. I don't like firm-specific money in legislation. So I don't like much of the airlines section of this bill. The airlines didn't do anything wrong at this moment when all their travelers fall off because of the pandemic before them, but there are pieces of the way any legislation like this is written, when it has specific firms in it, that I dislike and I think should be done more effectively over time. But this is following a model of how these portions of legislation have been written around here in the past. I don't like the direct payments that Washington is going to try to renew long after the American people have defeated the coronavirus. There is a lot in this legislation that I don't like. But there are things we should all be applauding. This legislation tries to turbocharge vaccine development. We need what our friend, the Senator from Montana, called the Manhattan Project for the vaccine accelerator.…”