Political Quotes

“I learned a long time ago, I never want to give a speech after that, but certainly I agree with what Senator Warnock said, and the Senate schedule kind of made me do this. I want to thank Senator Warnock, who is one of the principals in our legislation, Senator Bennet, Senator Booker, and Senator Kaine for their leadership and their work to deliver what is, pure and simple, the largest tax cut for working families ever. Tomorrow, for the sixth month in a row--July 15, August 15, September, October, November. Tomorrow is the sixth month in a row that Ohio parents, 92 percent of parents in Ohio with children under 18, will again see $250 or $300 in their bank accounts or in their mailbox per child. If they have two infant children, they will get $600. This is the most consequential thing we have done in decades to make people's hard work pay off. We know how hard parents work at their jobs, at raising kids. Any parent knows how much work it is to take care of children, especially young children. It has only gotten harder over the last couple of years. Often, that hard work doesn't pay off like it should. We have seen what has happened over the past decades. Productivity has gone up; the stock market has soared; executive compensation is stratospheric; but wages have been flat. Workers' paychecks are finally--finally, during this administration and this Senate, this Congress--finally, because of the work we are doing, workers' paychecks are starting to go up.…”