Jim Clyburn

This is an international pandemic, and we need to have a national program in response to it, which we don't have.

Republicans continuing to refuse to compromise is causing harm to American children, American workers, and American families.

I believe a bipartisan agreement still should be reached, and would provide substantial funds for schools, testing, vaccines, PPP for small businesses, continued enhanced unemployment benefits, childcare, nutrition, agriculture, and the…

When numbers are that far apart, mine and yours, I think the public and the record are deserving of knowing what we're talking about here.

Taxpayers should not have to choose between quickly getting aid to those who need it, and wasting Federal funds.

We can be no more or less than what our experiences allow us to be.

I always say, we can be no more or less than what our experiences allow us to be.

The fact of the matter is, we have to find common ground.

Joe -- as we just heard from Ms. Obama, we know Joe. This country knows Joe. And I think that this country knows exactly why they want in a president.

We can demonstrate to this president that he will not suppress this vote.

I'm encouraging people to declare October election month.

We Democrats expect that we'll have more falsehoods spread around than ever in the history of politics in this country.

I realized then that the reservoir of goodwill for Joe Biden was there, and people were having a lot of problems with the reporting.

We know Joe, but more importantly Joe, he knows us.

Forget about political products, let's think about preserving this democracy. It's the best thing going on (INAUDIBLE) but like every other big government, every other good government all the way back Rome, this too can fall.

I am ecstatic. As you know, I'm the father of three daughters. I have been saying what a plus it would be to have an African-American woman on the ticket. I just believe that we are breaking ground here in such a way that every single…

She knows how to take a punch and she knows how to throw one. Joe Biden found that out and the whole country saw it.

Joe Biden has put to rest that old saying that we hear all the time, the Democrats take the black community for granted. Well, he has demonstrated that he does not.

If my colleagues are serious about getting kids back to school safely, I want to ask them to join me in demanding Federal leadership.

We need strong Federal leadership and a national plan to guide these choices, not wishful thinking.

CDC must provide school districts with clear, science-based guidance about the risks of physically reopening schools.

We must provide school districts the funding and assistance they need to educate children safely.

We should assure every school has the resources it needs to safely educate students during the pandemic

Schools must reopen based on science and the safety of our children and teachers, not politics and wishful thinking.

The only way we can provide real relief to these families is to take control of the pandemic as fast as we can.