Political Quotes

“to my distinguished colleague, I know things will go well as a new member of the family is about to enter. It is a very special time in all of our lives when that happens. I did want to come to the floor to give some perspective to what we have really seen play out over the last hour and a half with regard to addressing an issue that is important to the American people in ways they probably do not fully realize. It is the importance of taking up and addressing with full debate and amendment on the floor of this body the issue of reforming an asbestos system which is out of control. We have victims of cancer, victims of mesothelioma, victims of asbestosis, who are not being fairly compensated, who are struggling for that last breath before justice and fairness is carried out. That is because of a system which is broken, a system which has called out for fixing, not just in this Congress or the last Congress or the Congress before that but really over the last 15 years. There has been some question on the floor today of why leadership has elected to bring this bill to the floor as the first major piece of legislation that really was not unfinished business before our last recess, and the reason is for these victims. Yes, this bill is a jobs issue.…”