Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. I am glad now that the Republican leader and his caucus now have a plan, and we look forward to working with them to come up with a bipartisan product as soon as we can, as this crisis grows worse every day. We believe we need a bold plan, a strong plan. Our plan must put workers--the millions of workers who are adversely affected by this crisis--first. It includes service and industry workers, gig workers, freelancers, bartenders, retail workers, airline attendants, and so many others. Our plan is entitled ``Workers First''--first and foremost. We owe so much gratitude to the hard-working people of America, and many of them are in trouble now through no fault of their own. This virus has affected some of them, has required others to be quarantined, and has caused businesses to lay off millions. We must protect them, first and foremost. So our plan has five basic pillars. Pillar 1 is to bolster the healthcare system dramatically. If we don't beat the fight against this virus, if we don't do it as quickly as possible, the economy will get worse and worse, no matter what we do. So we must work extremely quickly and massively to bolster our healthcare system. We need a Marshall Plan for our healthcare system, and that is what we propose. We need direct aid to hospitals. The larger hospitals in many cities already have patients--many patients--in their beds. The smaller and rural hospitals could well be in danger of closing because of this crisis.…”