Political Quotes

“I have come to the floor again today to talk about the need for us, as a Congress, to come together to address this coronavirus pandemic. We have an unprecedented healthcare and economic crisis right now, and it is important for us to figure out what we can do, what we can agree on, and then move forward. Since this pandemic began back in March, I am told I have come to the floor now 17 separate times to urge my colleagues to work together on a bipartisan basis to try to put together legislation that will enable us to respond effectively and in a focused way to the COVID-19 crisis. We had some early successes. Remember the CARES Act that was passed back in March. That was 8 months ago--8 months ago. Really, for the last 6 months, we haven't passed anything to address this crisis. Yet the crisis has ebbed and flowed, and, right now, unfortunately, it is at an all-time high in my State of Ohio. I have been frustrated that we can't have that same sense of urgency and willingness to work together as we had during those first couple of months of the coronavirus pandemic. It seemed to have disappeared as we entered election season; didn't it? So, as we got closer and closer to the election, there was more and more divide and inability to come together. Now we need to get back to that sense of bipartisanship--I would even say nonpartisanship in so much of this--and cooperation for the good of our country.…”