Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today with great concern about the future of our country. And that's because in the past few days we've seen the valley between the hardworking middle class and the rich continue to grow wider and wider. It's a matter of priorities, Madam Speaker, and right now we can see very clearly where my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have placed their priorities. It's not in the well-being of our workforce, not in the effectiveness of our classrooms, and not in the safety of our neighborhoods. No, Madam Speaker. The priorities of the majority party are not with the people who have worked hard all their lives to earn a decent wage, buy a decent home, put their kids through school, and do what they can to keep their families and communities strong. The priorities of my Republican colleagues lay with America's most successful--the hedge fund managers, Wall Street financiers, and investment bankers. That's why they worked so hard to give those folks another tax break at the end of last year under the guise of extending unemployment benefits for many people who lost jobs through no fault of their own. But, my friends, you see, the rich didn't need another tax break--not now; not when their taxes are the lowest they've been since 1950, and a tax cut that added $800 billion to our deficit over the next decade.…”