Political Quotes

“I have to tell you, Mr. Speaker, this is absolutely unbelievable. Just a few years ago, the stock market is at 25,000; corporate profits are the highest they have been in decades; the rich keep getting richer; and our friends on the other side say: What do we do now? Let's do a tax cut where 83 percent of it goes to the top 1 percent of the wealthiest people. Fast forward a few months: global pandemic; 36 million people unemployed; 40 percent of families who have a worker who makes $40,000 a year or less lost their job last month; 4 million people didn't pay their rent; and the Republican Party says: We don't have any money to help you. Are you kidding me? Where do you guys live? Food lines around the blocks at our food banks in the United States of America, and one in five kids are going hungry. Your party can't even get food to them. This isn't a wish list. If it is a wish list, it is for the working- class people. How about the Teamsters who are going to get a pension when this bill passes? If we don't act, their pension gets cut in half. This is ridiculous. The Republicans are turning their backs on the American people. Let's be honest.”