Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman, the number one second baseman on the team. The bill you are about to vote on is the gravy train, and the final stop before it goes off the cliff is this Chamber, Mr. Speaker. It costs $1.9 trillion, and only 9 percent goes to addressing the coronavirus. It is easy to understand why my colleagues across the aisle are so eager to vote for this massive bailout, because everything in it is for political paybacks: $300 billion for mismanaged governments in blue States; $100 million for a subway for Speaker Pelosi; even Mr. Schumer gets a bridge to nowhere. There is way too much dadgum pork in here for special interests that have nothing to do with addressing the coronavirus. This was drafted for the politicians in D.C., not my constituents in east Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I will proudly vote ``no'' on this so-called relief package.”