Political Quotes

“Thank you for recognizing the time. I also thank my colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Good), for being here with us. I am going to talk this evening and kind of follow up on my good colleague from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert). Some astounding information, and I know that he offers it on a regular basis, and I wish more people would tune in. Of course, I wish more people here would hear his message and, more importantly than hearing his message, take some action in that regard. It is astounding that, in a year and a half, the people who are working, and everybody is that can do it, they have lost a month and a half of wages. Think about how long you work every year, essentially for free, because you are still working but you don't get the money because you have to pay your taxes, and that date moves a little back and forth. Sometimes it is in May. Sometimes it is in April. But then add another 2 months. If you add another 2 months onto that that you are working, but you are not being paid, that is astounding. As I understand it, the average wages under the President for a typical family--and I represent typical families. The average wage of a typical family right now has dropped $450 a month. Now, that might not seem like a lot of money to people in Washington, D.C., people that invest on Wall Street, people that drive fancy cars and belong to the country club. But where I live, $450 is real. That is groceries.…”