Political Quotes

“I thank my friend. We are here as stewards of our Nation, and we must be here to care for the people of our Nation, to care for those who are working hard every day trying to survive, trying to pay their mortgages, trying to pay their car payments, get their kids in school. And all they're looking for, 160 million Americans, is a continuation of a tax cut. We should be for that. Those millions who are unemployed are also looking for help. They're looking for recognition that they've earned these unemployment benefits. This isn't welfare. It is an earned benefit, unemployment insurance. We should make sure they get that benefit. Now, why do they need it? It's pretty obvious. People have to pay their mortgages or their rent. They have to feed their family, and they have to put clothes on their kids' backs. They need this unemployment insurance. I have trouble understanding, Mr. Speaker, this proposal that's before the Congress in this bill, H.R. 3630, that would discriminate against Americans who aren't employed, who don't have a high school diploma, by saying if you're going to get unemployment benefits, you have to go to school. Well, that sounds good, but then it doesn't give them any resources to do so. This sounds too much like urging people to pick themselves up by their bootstraps and then stealing their boots. We should give people unemployment benefits, and if they have time to go to school because they don't have a job, we should be paying for that as well.…”