Political Quotes

“over the past week and a half, Speaker Pelosi and I have been engaged in serious discussions and negotiations with the White House over another round of emergency relief for the American people. Our motivation is simple: Americans are crying out for relief. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to climb. The snowball of economic impacts continue to roll downhill. This morning, we learned that another 1.2 million Americans filed for unemployment--far more than at any time during the great recession that began in 2008. Our two parties don't agree on many things. That is no secret. The Trump administration has bungled this crisis from the very beginning and even now is careening from one self-inflicted crisis to the next. Democrats believe that Congress has a moral obligation to step into the breach to help Americans put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, to save our economy from a deeper recession and longer recovery, and to fight this disease with all the resources and wherewithal a great nation can bring to bear. After the Senate Republican majority failed in spectacular fashion to put together a bill even its own Members could support, Democrats have engaged in arduous negotiations with the White House trying to impress upon them the gravity of the situation. We have made some progress this week but not enough.…”