Political Quotes

“And we appreciate what a good mother she was and how she raised you to be strong and to be smart and to be kind, and boy, oh, boy, did she give you some damned stamina. I will just tell you that, sir. We are in awe. But my question is, thank you, Mr. Booker. Thank you for what you are doing. Thank you for using your voice to stand up against the Trump administration's reckless and extreme policies. We have a lot to talk about here, so I am going to bring it back to Nevada because we have a lot of families in my State, and just like you, those letters are overwhelming and they bring me to tears. They stop me in the grocery store, in the airport, in the shopping mall, and in the gas station over and over again. People are worried. They are worried, and they want us to help. They are wondering about this. People have talked to me about how high costs at the grocery store are squeezing their budgets. They are concerned that the Trump tariffs--well, what are they going to do? Prices ain't going down. They are going to make prices go up instead of going down. President Trump declared tomorrow is liberation day--liberation day. This is when he plans to impose the latest round of across-the-board tariffs for goods on several nations--tariffs that amount to a national sales tax on every single person who goes through a grocery store in Nevada and in New Jersey. I see my esteemed colleague Senator Duckworth of Illinois.…”