Political Quotes

“as the Senate prepares to take up the American Rescue Plan today, I want to remind everyone why we are here. This country is in the midst of a once-in-a-century crisis--not once in a decade, not once in every 50 years--once in a century. It is a crisis that is still very much with us, and it is deadly-- deadly--serious. It has claimed more than 515,000 precious lives across every part of the Nation. For the better part of the calendar year, businesses have had to close their doors and entire industries teetered on the brink of collapse. The economy has lost 10 million jobs since this time last year. Millions of Americans are thousands of dollars behind on the rent and on the utilities. Folks are facing eviction. American families have had their water shut off, their heat shut off in the depth of winter, and the power cut during their kids' first days of virtual kindergarten. Even as the vaccine is quickly making its way into Americans' arms now that President Biden has taken the helm, tens of thousands of Americans continue to get sick every week, and we are racing against the clock to defeat the pandemic and to save American lives. Now, Congress has come together on several occasions to pass emergency relief in this time of extraordinary crisis. In each case, we saw our economy recover, briefly, before worrying trends took hold again, showing the depth of the economic crisis. It is not going to be quick and easy to get out of.…”