Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank Senator Hassan for her leadership. She speaks about State government and local government so well because she was Governor of New Hampshire. She is one of only two women in American history who has been a Governor and a Senator--a senator, a Governor, and then a Senator. Thank you for your ongoing leadership. Senator Carper, thank you for leading this effort. We know Senator McConnell's office is down the hall there. For months, we have been begging--begging--Senator McConnell, begging President Trump to do something, to actually let us do our jobs. We wanted to legislate. We wanted to do the things that Senator Hassan has just talked about. I am not really sure how Mitch McConnell has spent his summer. What I do know is that in May, the House of Representatives passed the Heroes Act. It helped local governments. It helped people stay in their homes so they wouldn't be evicted. It helped our public school system. It provided $600 to unemployed workers, and what is remarkable about that is even during this pandemic, we haven't seen the poverty rate go up in this country because of the $600 per week that millions of unemployed workers are receiving, which they have earned. The House did that in May. I don't know what Senator McConnell has done since--through May, through June, through July, now into August, and, finally, he comes up with something.…”