Political Quotes

“I wish to speak for a moment on the continuing resolution and then speak on something else. It should not matter which political party we belong to. It is not right for any elected official to use the budget process to squander our economic potential and undermine our economic competitiveness. I see far too many people doing that in this debate. I also see we are looking in a small window of the budget--something like one-sixth of the budget is where all the cuts are--confining the discussion to that, without looking at a millionaire's tax, without looking at closing loopholes. We know, the Presiding Officer knows, if a company in Wheeling, WV, right across the river, or in St. Clairsville, OH, shuts down and moves to Mexico or China, they can actually deduct the cost of that move and that shutdown. That makes no sense. We need to close those tax loopholes. We need to look at the entire budget as we make these cuts. Yesterday, I was on the phone with the majority leader talking to Ohio and Nevada media and also with John Paul Hill, an Ohio veteran who, after being discharged from the Army, was left homeless and turned to drug abuse. With the help of a Housing-Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing--called HUD-VASH--Grant Program, he has an apartment. His life is on track. He is enrolled in college at Cuyahoga Community College in northern Ohio and he is on track to graduate and will be very employable.…”