Political Quotes

“If I could reclaim my time for a moment on that point, as the gentleman from Arizona and my other colleagues know very well, the bill that we passed in the House contained a measure to expand and extend unemployment benefits and even health care benefits through the States. It was $12 billion. This is probably very appropriate. It is probably an appropriate and necessary thing to do, but we ought to recognize it does not have anything to do with economic stimulus. That is a different thing. As the gentleman from Arizona pointed out quite rightly and others have, too, the people who have lost their jobs that I talk to, that I know of, they do not want to know how long can I stay out of work, they want to know how quickly can I get back to work. That is why while it is appropriate to make sure that there is an unemployment system that is going to be there to help people get a transition to regain their job, the most important thing is that they get that job back quickly.”