Political Quotes

“I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, in closing, I urge opposition to the rule. Today's bill is nothing more than a Democratic wish list masquerading as a coronavirus relief bill, roughly the same as the partisan bill the majority passed back in May and it was never taken up by the Senate, would never be signed by the President. As in May, today's bill is ultimately doomed. It will not pass the Senate. The President has made it clear he will not sign it. Madam Speaker, the majority is missing a real chance here. The American people are suffering as a result of the coronavirus. It is past time for the two parties to do what we did very successfully four times in a row in a 10-week period and work together and actually provide a package that provides real relief for the American people. There are plenty of things we agree on, such as the extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, such as ensuring that more funds are provided for testing and tracing, such as one-time payments of $1,200 per individual and $500 per child to every household making less than $75,000 a year. We disagree about the exact amount, but we agree every American who is unemployed, through no fault of their own, should get at least $400 more a week. Frankly, because the Democrats did not take up that offer, those people have gotten zero since the end of July. We absolutely agree that we need additional money for the opening of schools.…”