Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. First, I would like to extend my appreciation to my colleague, my good friend, and the ranking member, Mr. Levin, from the great State of Michigan, for hosting this critically important Special Order hour on extending unemployment insurance benefits for over 2.2 million people who have been cut off since the end of last year. Thank you for your leadership and tenacity in making sure that this issue remains a priority here in this House. I commend you, sir, for your leadership. The timing of this Special Order hour in this session is not coincidental. The Senate is well on their way towards passing a bipartisan bill to restore this critical financial lifeline that the people in this country depend on while they search for work. I want to commend my Majority Leader, Senator Harry Reid, from the great State of Nevada, and the other great U.S. Senator from Nevada, Dean Heller, a Republican, who have worked in a bipartisan manner with Senator Jack Reed to get to the point they are in the Senate. I want to go further in recognizing Senator Dean Heller in calling Speaker Boehner just recently to ask him what it would take to bring up a clean vote on extending unemployment insurance benefits, because this is not a partisan issue--at least it shouldn't be.…”