Political Quotes

“Congresswoman Fudge, I want to thank you very much for organizing this Special Order this evening, and especially from the Buckeye State, being down here every week, using your voice, using your talents to fight for the American people, particularly those who are out of work. And don't we know that well in our beloved State of Ohio. In fact, there was a billboard that was put up, paid for by anonymous donors in Ohio, that read as follows: Recession. Your self-worth is more important than your net worth. And what is happening around States like ours where the unemployment rate is above even the horrendous national unemployment rate, where we have 20 million people out of work, directly out of work, those who have run out of benefits or those who are working part time when they really want to work full time. This is an enormous amount of people. And Congresswoman Edwards, who was down here a while ago, was talking about the fact that with the help of the Obama administration Congress has begun to dig out of this deep job-loss hole that the last administration left us. But the percents really don't tell the full story. Where people finally say, I just simply can't find work. They send out 400 resumes--nothing back. They're told by some of our friends on the other side of the aisle, Well, you can't find a job? Start your own business. Create your own job. Where are they supposed to go for capital?…”