Political Quotes

“Reserving the right to object, when the COVID crisis first hit, this body, all of Congress, recognized how serious the situation was, and we acted. We acted in a very bipartisan fashion. We acted in a massive fashion, as a matter of fact. We understood that the American people, through no fault of their own--businesses were shutting down, people were unemployed--and we needed to provide a massive level of relief, and we did that in a bipartisan, almost unanimous fashion. All the needs have not been met. Republicans completely understand that, which is why we spent the August recess in daily calls, talking amongst ourselves, trying to focus and target where the relief is best directed. What we understood when we passed the more than $3 trillion of COVID relief in the early parts of this pandemic was that our efforts were going to be far from perfect, but they needed relief and, again, we supported it. One of the things we were trying to focus on, when we are already $27 trillion in debt, was recognizing the fact that we don't have an unlimited credit card; that we had to really take the time and hone the next relief package.…”