Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Last night, Mr. Speaker, I did a telephone town hall meeting in my district with more than 13,000 people on that telephone line with me. Hundreds of them wanted to ask questions. Obviously, I couldn't get to all of them, but of those that I could get to, 50 percent of them wanted to ask about unemployment. One woman said that without an unemployment extension, she wouldn't be able to pay for her car registration, her insurance, and was likely to lose her home soon. She worried about foreclosure and asked, if she couldn't register her car, how was she supposed to look for a job? Others had similar stories about the sacrifices that they needed to make in these tough times. These same Nevadans also know that the stimulus hasn't worked. President Obama promised no more than 8 percent unemployment. Maybe I'm confused. Maybe he meant 9 percent or 10 percent or 11 percent. Maybe he meant 12 percent, but that doesn't even reach the level of unemployment in my State of Nevada at 14 percent. I even have counties in my district north of 18 percent unemployment. Now, I'm one of many Republicans who support helping long-term unemployed people and have voted repeatedly to extend these benefits. As I mentioned, the largest county in my district, Washoe County, has 13.3 percent unemployment.…”