Political Quotes

“My friend and I have had a very long day and have spent a lot of time together. Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Spartz). The gentleman from Massachusetts has 6 minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, what we have heard on the floor today is incredible, astounding, unbelievable, unconscionable contempt for the people that we are supposed to be here to fight for. When people tell me that both parties are the same, that both parties are equally bad or believe the same things, watch this debate and then tell me what you think. Democrats have different values than Republicans. They have no problem racking up $2 trillion in debt when it comes to tax giveaways for Wall Street and CEOs. Nobody on the other side is talking about having billionaires pay one cent toward reducing our deficit. Maybe that is why Speaker McCarthy went to Wall Street to announce his plans essentially to screw Main Street. Now they want to demand--and I say demand because this is a ransom note--demand 10 years of cuts unless we stick it to our own constituents, unless we take away food from hungry people, unless we kick people off of healthcare.…”