Political Quotes

“I rise on behalf of unemployed Americans. The administration and our Republican leadership tell us that the economy is rebounding and that we are in an economic recovery, but to the hardworking Americans who are still looking for those jobs, the statistics do not amount to a hill of beans because they still cannot find work. To them, a jobless recovery is no recovery at all. America's unemployed have this administration to thank for an economic recovery that has produced few jobs and has little impact on their lives. Sure, the administration will tell us that job creation is its number one priority. In fact, over the past year, the President has gone on a nationwide public relations tour touting his tax cut in front of backdrops that proclaimed 'Strengthening America's Economy' and shout 'Jobs, Growth and Opportunity.' The truth of the matter is, however, that any growth produced by the administration's economic policies has come at the expense of jobs or Congress' opportunity to create them.”