Political Quotes

“I will try to be relatively brief here. I understand the bill is being printed now, and we will have a vote here fairly shortly. I just want to set the stage for my view--my point of view. I think I speak for most people in our conference on what we are trying to do here. Up until now, we have been able, as a body, to work together on COVID relief. And the question is, Why can't we do it again? I think I know the answer, but I want to remind people what we have done in a bipartisan fashion. On March 5, 2020, when we had President Trump, a Republican Senate, and a Democratic House, we approved $8 billion, 96 to 1, and we were just beginning to understand the virus; March 18, a few weeks later, $355 billion, 90 to 8; March 25, $1.9 trillion, 96 to 0. So from March 5 to March 25, we passed three bills, well over $2 trillion, 96 to 1, 90 to 8, and 96 to 0. So I would argue to the American people that it is not like the Republican Party and the Democratic Party can't work together when it comes to COVID relief. But now that the Democrats have the House, the Senate, and the White House, there seems to be no desire to go down that road, and I will talk about that in a minute. April 21, 2020, we did $355 billion more. That was by voice vote. Spending $355 by voice vote is pretty astonishing; $1.9 trillion, 96 to 0 is pretty astonishing. September 30, 2020, 84 to 10. December 21, just a few months ago, we spent another trillion, 92 to 6. Why do I bring this up?…”