Political Quotes

“I just rise in opposition to this. Madam Speaker, I would say it is more disingenuous for this body to pretend to tell the American people that we are doing something good for their children when, in fact, more money in this bill is going to help one Democratic district in California than is going to help all of the COVID relief efforts. We have got our priorities very wrong. Our children are the future. And thank God that the Senate took the $15-an-hour minimum wage out of this because that was another nail in the coffin for our small business owners. But to sit here and think we are doing something special for our constituents, that is not really truthful. We are doing something special for Speaker Pelosi and a lot of others who want big bailouts for the Democratic cities. We can do better. We can do better for our students and for our families because those are the people in the trenches. Our future depends on it. Our students depend on it. We need to put our children back in school and we need to open our economy. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I would encourage all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to read the bill, to look at what is in this bill, and to look at the people who it will help.…”