Political Quotes

“over the past week, we have put money directly--directly--in the pockets of the families of 60 million American children. In Ohio, 2.1 million children, their families got hundreds of dollars each in tax cuts, money to help them keep up with the costs of raising a family, money they will spend in the local economy--I say to the Presiding Officer, you know this, the largest tax cut for working families in American history ever. Stories have poured into our office from across Ohio--the Presiding Officer is hearing those in Hawaii--all from parents who work hard to make ends meet. They now have a little bit extra of their own money back to spend on groceries and childcare and medical bills and school supplies. We care about families. There is a lot of talk in this body about we care about families. Well, if you care about families, this is all about empowering families. Families decide how to spend these dollars; Mitch McConnell doesn't decide. Joe Biden doesn't decide. Brian Schatz doesn't decide. I don't decide how we spend these dollars. Families decide. They are dollars they have earned working hard to provide for their family--it is hard work raising children--and how they have raised their kids. I think all of us are hearing these stories. Some of them on our websites, some of us in townhalls, we are hearing these stories. Let me just briefly tell just a handful of them.…”