Political Quotes

“every night too many out-of-work Nevadans and Americans, people who want to work, who need to support their families but can't find a job, go to bed with at least the comfort of having unemployment insurance and health benefits. Last night, more than a million people throughout America who went to sleep relying on those benefits woke up without the confidence they will be there now. Early this morning, when they would rather be spending their mornings working, mothers and fathers in every State woke up to line up at the unemployment office in a long line. News reports today are that these lines are very long today, all over the country, from Virginia to Nevada to Kentucky. They are long because these people are worried about how they are going to put food on the table and pay the bills. For far too many Americans, those benefits were set to expire last night. So six times last week, Democrats asked to extend their unemployment benefits for a short time while we work on a longer extension. Six times, Republicans said no. They didn't say no to us; that is, Members of the Senate, they said no to the families in their own States and all States who count on us to act when we need action, who count on us to respond in the event of an emergency. This is an emergency. Republicans in the Senate are standing between these families and the help they need while these benefits expire.”