Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank the 89 Senators--50 Democrats and 39 Republicans--for their bipartisan agreement to extend the current payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance benefits, and Medicare doctors' payments for another 60 days while we continue to seek common ground for a full 12-month extension. Let there be no mistake: The only way for the Members of this body to prevent a tax increase on 160 million working Americans is to pass the bipartisan agreement. Let me be crystal clear: The only way to prevent cutting off unemployment insurance from 2.2 million Americans who are currently unemployed and looking for work is to pass the bipartisan agreement. The only way to prevent cutting funds to pay doctors who care for Medicare patients is to pass the bipartisan agreement. Now, a good thing happened last weekend. The Senate majority leader and the Senate minority leader demonstrated to the American people that Democrats and Republicans can work together. They hammered out a compromise on this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I'm sure that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have heard their constituents ask, as I've heard mine ask, time and time again: Why can't you guys work together to get things done for the American people? It's a good question. It's a fair question. The Senate has answered in the affirmative by passing this legislation, and it's my fervent hope that we will do so, also. Mr.…”