Political Quotes

“I think you just watched what is wrong with this place. Senator Durbin comes here and talks about the importance of doing something. Last Thursday, when Speaker Pelosi and Secretary Mnuchin were close to coming up with a deal about what we have to do to stop this virus--keep in mind, the President of the United States first mentioned this in an answer to a question with all the elites in Davos, Switzerland. He first answered a question saying: Oh, this virus is nothing. It will mean nothing. I think it took him 8 weeks before he declared an emergency. Then, last Thursday, we were supposed to start working on this. We should have. I asked Senator McConnell on this floor--I opened this door, and I pointed down the hall. I said: Senator McConnell should come back here, and let's work on this bill. Whether they were actually finished doing it in the House down the hall or not, we should be working on this. Now we have had 4 more days. Senator McConnell had to go back to Kentucky. I don't know what he went back for. We asked him to stay and finish this, to negotiate and do it to take care of stopping this virus, to take care of all the people in my State in Illinois and Senator Markey's State and Senator Coons' State and Senator Boozman's State, to take care of all these people who are losing their jobs and don't know what to do. Senator McConnell went back to Kentucky and wasted 3 days--make that 4 days since today is another day we are wasting.…”