Political Quotes

“thank you so much for being part of this first big step to putting our country back on the road to recovery. We very much appreciate your being here. Just a brief word. I am so thankful that our caucus stayed together in unity. We had no choice, given the problems facing America and the desire to move forward, and we have moved forward. Many bipartisan amendments were adopted, so this was a bipartisan activity. In fact, the first amendment, which will help the restaurants, was done by Senators Sinema and Wicker. But we cannot underscore enough how much help America needs during this awful crisis, and we cannot miss the point that we still have a long way to go. This was a giant first step, a step in concord, and we are so grateful that President Biden put together a plan, with input from so many of us--both sides of the aisle--to bring America back, to overcome this horrible crisis and then move America forward so that America can once again feel the hope and opportunity that has been so, so much part of this land but that we seem to have lost over the last 4 years and particularly with the pandemic. So we will keep working as hard as we can to pass this legislation through the House, through the Senate, as we go through the reconciliation process and hopefully put it on the President's desk.…”