Political Quotes

“I rise to salute the candor, ultimately, of my colleague in Georgia, because after some parliamentary mumbo jumbo about what page of the rules book could be used to thwart the desire of the American people for a raise, he has finally come forward in his last few minutes and he has indicated that what all this parliamentary maneuvering is about is his objection to raising the minimum wage. He has told the American people, in response to my colleague from Michigan, Mr. Bonior, that it is not himself but it is the professors that made him do it. The American people knew that Professor Gingrich and Professor Armey were ready to fight with every fiber in their body to block the legitimate desire of the American people for a raise. All this parliamentary mumbo jumbo stuff can be explained in this chart. We have considered this issue of the minimum wage a number of times in this body. There is a strange thing that has occurred. Those Republicans who stood outside in front of the cameras and said they were for the minimum wage got their arms twisted, once they got in here at the voting box. They refused to vote to give the people of America a raise even though they said they were for it. As they begin to hear from the people, the number of those people change. The votes against the minimum wage have been going steadily down in this body. The votes for the minimum wage have been going steadily up.”