Political Quotes

“Thank you. The article that I won't read out of generosity to my dear friend that is presiding, but it details in painful ways what these cuts could mean to people in the country. Just trying to move a little quicker through my documents because I am way behind. The impact of these cuts--one of the big places they are going to impact is in rural America, already suffering so much. There is a lot of sources that are talking about the rural areas of our Nation they are going to cut. And I would like to enter into the Record another Associated Press article entitled ``New Social Security requirements pose barriers to rural communities without internet, transportation.'' A new requirement where Social Security recipients go online or in person to a field office to access key benefits instead of just making a phone call will be difficult for many people to meet. This is an article from March 22, which can be found online at https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/new-soci al-security-rules-present- barriers-rural -communities-120054669. Thank you very much to the kind friend who is up with me late--or early, I should say. One more article I want to ask for the Record. I feel like I can take liberties with the Presiding Officer because I have known him for 20- plus years, consider him a real friend. He married up, and he is going to teach me how to do that. I guess I am not allowed to insult a colleague on this. That is a violation of rule 19, I think, but that is a joke.…”