Political Quotes

“The Senate is, once again, poised to act on an important issue facing our country. Today, Senator Dean Heller, from my home State of Nevada, and Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island announced that they will be working to pass another extension of unemployment insurance for those who need a financial lifeline and have lost their jobs at no fault of their own. The last time the Senate sent a bill to the House to help struggling Americans with unemployment insurance, Speaker Boehner and the Party of No let the bill expire. By the end of this month, there will be 33,800 Nevadans cut off from unemployment insurance and another 3.1 million Americans asking why Congress has turned its back on them. Is it any wonder that Congress is held in such low regard by the hardworking American people? The Speaker's answer to millions of Americans asking for help is deafening silence, with no plan to do anything. I did not come to Congress to sit and wait for one person, the Speaker, to decide whether or not this body could act. I urge the Speaker to bring up the Senate-passed unemployment insurance extension to help 3.1 million Americans who need a lifeline. ____________________”