Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I associate my remarks with the previous speaker, my friend from North Carolina, and I join him in saying there are some good things, but this bill is a sham. It is a disgrace to our children and families in North Carolina who have lost everything in the flood of Hurricane Floyd. The Republican leadership found $2 billion for emergency relief in this bill, but cut out the $508 million for our folks who badly need it. Mr. Speaker, there is an emergency in our State today. I have looked into the faces of the farmers and the families. I was with a family this weekend who had three children who lost everything they own, everything. I have met with farmers who have lost their crops, the widow who lost her husband, and 15,000 families who lost their homes. The Republican leadership should be ashamed of themselves for playing politics with the lives of these people. This bill is a sham to our seniors, a sham to our children and a sham to thousands of families in North Carolina who have lost everything in the floods from Hurricane Floyd.”