Political Quotes

“The legislation which we will be voting on absent the Jackson amendment cuts $21 million from job opportunities for young people. Now, I know there have been people on this floor talking about the summer jobs program just being some kind of a slush fund. How dare this House of Representatives attack opportunities for young people who otherwise would not have a job. It is the moral obligation of government to stand as a guarantor of employment for our young people if the private sector does not or cannot provide the jobs. It is our moral obligation. We need to show our young people that it pays to work. We need to develop in our young people the work ethic. We need to stand strong and to say that wherever we can provide more opportunities for our young, that we provide those opportunities. We need to make sure that we look at the implications of welfare reform here. We are taking people off welfare, and we are cutting job training programs. There is something wrong with this picture.”