Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would emphasize what all my colleagues are saying, particularly what the Senator from Missouri said--a State that, as of last night at midnight, probably had some 40,000 to 50,000, to 60,000 unemployed people lose their unemployment benefits they had earned because they had worked and they and their employer paid into it, but I would especially emphasize what she said. Ten years ago, these tax cuts primarily, overwhelmingly, went to the wealthiest Americans, and it was an economic experiment. I opposed them. I was in the House then. Congresswoman Stabenow opposed them. She was in the Senate then, I guess. But it is clear they haven't worked--1 million jobs during the Bush years, 22 million jobs during the Clinton years. As a result--and I would emphasize this too--all of these proposals we are going to bring forward now--and we will ask unanimous consent to get these passed to get the economy up and running--the cost of all of them is less than the cost of this tax cut to millionaires and billionaires. So, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Finance Committee be discharged of S. 3981, a bill to provide for a temporary extension of unemployment insurance provisions; that the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration, the bill be read three times, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that any statements relating thereto appear at the appropriate place in the Record as if read. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”