Political Quotes

“I have been listening to the debate, and I have been really amazed at what I have heard from the other side. They said the military goes into battle, or is ready to go, and they don't let these things bother them. The military doesn't have a great majority of their members who are 65 years of age and older. And when they do have members that are 65 years of age and older, and they have morbidity systems or past incidents that make them more likely to get a disease, they don't send them into battle. They take care of them. They don't put them out there in harm's way. Some people talked about the Senate. Lamar Alexander came up, and he got exposed to coronavirus from a staff member, so he had to go back to Maryville. Rand Paul came up. He got exposed, took a test, still swam in the Senate pool, exposed everybody over there to COVID, and came back positive. So, it is not about the Senate. This makes good sense. One of our best epidemiologists said that the best place you could find to get the coronavirus is indoors in an enclosed room with a lot of people and a lot of talk. That is the definition of Congress. Washington is a hot spot; it is under a stay-at-home order; and you are not supposed to meet in groups of more than 10 people. We are more than 10. And if they expand it, we will be up to the level of 50, which is maybe the next level. We are just protecting our Members and protecting their loved ones and protecting their constituents. This is a good law.…”