Political Quotes

“Madam Chairman, caring for people is not necessarily synonymous with taking care of people. Anyone can say that they feel pain, and many people obviously do feel pain for others that have not had the path of opportunity in this country. We have to work with all Americans to try and alleviate and minimize and finally end the pain once and for all. We need to reach out a helping hand to every person currently in the welfare system and say to them: If you want to work, we're going to help you climb that ladder of opportunity in this great country. My amendment, which is the Kasich-Ney amendment, and I thank my colleague, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich], for his guidance and support on this amendment; this amendment to H.R. 3437 is just that: It is a ladder. The amendment will tell every able-bodied person without children between the ages of 18 and 50 that there is no escalator built by Washington that will carry them up the ladder of opportunity, but with a little help from us, and if they are willing to help themselves, they can have a chance in this country.”