Political Quotes

“it has been 2 weeks since Leader McConnell called us back into session. In that time, it was announced that 30 million Americans filed for unemployment. Just this morning, we learned another 3 million Americans filed jobless claims this week. Yet the Republican leader has scheduled exactly zero votes--zero--on legislation related to the coronavirus. Instead, Leader McConnell has resisted urgent and necessary action to fight the pandemic. He said that now is the time to ``press the pause button.'' Tell that to someone trying to feed his or her children. Tell that to some small business person who has kept a business going for 20 years and now is ready to go bankrupt. Tell that to workers at every level of this economy who are losing their jobs. Time to press the pause button when we have faced the greatest health and economic crisis since the Depression? McConnell has said Republicans have yet to ``feel the urgency of acting immediately.'' How many of our Republican Senators have yet to feel the urgency of acting immediately? How many? I would urge the constituents of Senators in every State to call them and ask them that question. Do you agree with Senator McConnell that we have yet to feel the urgency of acting immediately? Well, I could give our Republican colleagues more than 30 million reasons to feel the urgency of acting immediately.…”