Political Quotes

“I oppose the Owens amendment, as I did when this amendment was raised in our committee, and I do it in all due respect to the gentleman who offers it. But I consider this proposal to be insulting, patronizing, and discriminating to young people particularly, like my son. My son works, and he does not make 2 rac{1}{2} times the minimum wage. He is working his way up the ladder, and he is working a heck of a lot of overtime. He is working that overtime because he is buying a car and insuring it, and he is taking all of his overtime in cash, and that is fine. Under this bill he would still have the right to take all of his overtime in cash. But one of these days he might say, I want to go to my friend's wedding, and I need to take Friday and Monday off to do that, and my son is as entitled to make that decision on his account based on his needs as someone who makes twice as much money as he does. For that reason I think that the gentleman's amendment is discriminatory and should be rejected, and I yield back.”