Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would remind my friend that what we are doing here is waving a $1,400 check in front of our constituency and saying, ``Look at this,'' but we are like the Wizard of Oz, ``Don't look at what is going on behind the curtain,'' because what we are doing with this $1.9 trillion bill is borrowing $5,500 for every man, woman, and child in this country. We are giving them $1,400 so it is palatable to them. We are giving them a little sugar. We are not reminding them about the $4,100 other dollars that we are borrowing in their name, of which $1,067 goes to bail out blue States like New York and California. Mr. Speaker, $177 of their money, of that $4,100, goes to bail out union pension plans; $750, folks back home, of your $4,100 that we are borrowing in your name and your wife's name and your kids' names is going to extend unemployment benefits to pay people more to sit home than they can make at work; $34 goes to museums and Native American language preservation; $393 goes to K-12 and $120 to colleges and universities, of your money, each of your money, and there is no requirement that they reopen; $58 goes for public health organizations, including Planned Parenthood. Mr. Speaker, this bill, again, is simply a guise. COVID relief, no. As Mr. Clyburn said: Let's use this disaster to mold things to our vision. And they are doing exactly that. This is a massive expansion of the entitlement programs. Mr.…”