Political Quotes

“Mr. President, as Senator Tim Scott just said and as Rick Scott and Lindsey Graham just said, this amendment is really, really simple. All we are trying to say is that we should help everyone who needs to be helped without accidentally creating a disincentive to work. That is not good for anybody in the country or the country as a whole. We are in the middle of two unprecedented crises right now. We have a public health crisis, and we have an economic crisis into which we are just entering. We don't know how long the valley of this recession is going to be, but I want to be sure that every American who is watching tonight understands exactly what this debate has been about this afternoon. This debate is how you can be both pro-worker and pro-recovery, to be kind and charitable, and actually also, simultaneously, affirming the ongoing dignity of work and the necessity of work as our country battles through this virus and ultimately rebuilds our economy. Nobody here is arguing about whether we should help workers. Everybody on both sides of the aisle tonight wants to help workers. This is a debate about whether we are going to let a poorly drafted bill knock this Nation still harder in the coming months by unintentionally increasing unemployment. That is what this debate is about. Right now, as the coronavirus is threatening our economy, we know who the real heroes are. The real heroes are not politicians.…”