Political Quotes

“In a few hours the U.S. Congress is going to respond to the horrible tragedy in New York in an unprecedented way. The U.S. Congress is going to vote to send billions of dollars to the airline industry, while not making any funds available to the scores and scores of other businesses across this country affected by this tragedy that also teeter on bankruptcy. The process that the U.S. Congress is using is also unprecedented. The number being used to send these billions of dollars of taxpayer money to the airline industry comes from the airline industry itself. There has not been an independent, third party review of the numbers and the projections on which this legislation tonight is based. It is a leap of faith. The Congress tonight is responding to the airline industry's assertion that because this tragedy is so dire and the circumstances so enormous, we should waive the traditional process of saying that someone independent should evaluate a piece of legislation such as this involving billions and billions of dollars. But it is also unprecedented, the horror and the tragedy that the Congress must address. Tonight, in what has been one of the hardest decisions I have had to face, I am going to vote for this legislation because of one addition that has been made, and I am pleased to announce it tonight.…”