Political Quotes

“His amendment would prohibit any funds to enforce COVID-19 mask mandates. I must say, America used to focus on big issues. I remember as a child we tried to figure out how to eradicate polio coast-to-coast, and you know what, we did it. America was inspired by a great a President, John Kennedy, to land a man on the moon, and we did. America did it. We worked together to defeat Soviet communism, and guess what, we did it. We have remnants of that tyrannical regime still seated, and history will show whether we meet the challenge or not. But most of America wants to defeat Vladimir Putin's unconscionable invasion, unprovoked to the adjoining nation of Ukraine. This amendment is one more controversial poison pill policy rider dealing with face masks. You know what, I didn't really come to Congress to worry about the face masks. I find the majority's odd interest in this peculiar. Preventing diseases reduces healthcare costs, such as hospitalizations, pharmaceuticals, and benefits employers by resulting in less employee absenteeism. I find it very odd--here we are moving into Halloween and people are spending millions of dollars on masks to go all around the country and parade around in neighborhoods in masks. Yet, when we talk about facial masks to fight the COVID-19 virus, which is a wicked one, it has been politicized to a level that it is almost a theater of the absurd.…”