Political Quotes

“Thank you very much, Senator, for those very thoughtful remarks. Twenty-one days--that is how long one Florida public school teacher was on a ventilator after contracting COVID this spring. Plasma transfusions and anti-viral medication ultimately saved her life. And now she is being asked to return to the classroom--a job she loves, teaching kids she loves. She wants to go back but is afraid to go back while the virus is surging, while more people in her community are being sent to the very same hospital. In Arizona, a small school district lost a teacher to COVID despite following all the protocols. The superintendent called a safe reopening a fantasy, saying: ``Kids will get sick or worse. Family members will die. Teachers will die.'' Yet children will be denied needed education funding unless classes are in person, according to the President. Should the majority, which has failed to take action on the House- passed Heroes bill for months--should the Trump administration itself have done a better job making it safe for kids and teachers to return to school? Absolutely. And the continued failure to act, to lead, to do a better job of containing COVID will cost people their lives and children their education. What is the Republican plan to avert this catastrophe? ``OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!'' the President tweets in all capital letters. The Republican plan is to open the schools for in- person learning--or else.…”