Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert into the Record the story of Shellie, an unemployed mother with two children, from Ohio, a face of hunger in America. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Ohio? There was no objection. ``Every single day, I get up and make the most of that day, because that's what moms do.'' Shellie is currently living with her two teenage children in a hotel room. They had to move out of the house they were renting after it was condemned because of black mold. ``I feel sorry for my kids because times are harder now than they've ever been. You know, I didn't have to live like this as a child. We didn't live in hotel rooms. We never went without. And you know, my kids are going without. At the end of the month, I have to tell them, `all I have is dinner food,' because there's nothing to put on the table for breakfast or lunch.'' ``It's awful, disheartening. I feel like a complete loser right now, to be honest. Because I can't do for my kids like I should be. I can't provide for them like I'm used to providing. I try to look for work, but I can't get hired anywhere. There's no jobs in Vermilion, there's not.'' ``I know Grace's Kitchen has been a blessing to me. We get a lot of fresh fruit, we get breads. That's a treat, because we don't get fresh fruit at home because it's so expensive. So when we have that the kids are like `yeah, fruit, this is awesome!…”