Political Quotes

“silence is the only defense that our Republican colleagues can offer on this rule because a vote for this rule is a vote for more permissiveness, to condone those corporations that abandon our country, and it is nothing but a vote in favor of the same kind of permissive atmosphere that has resulted in investors, retirees and the Federal Treasury all suffering as a result of ongoing corporate corruption. Seven years ago, I stood here at this same podium to challenge the Gingrich ``Contract on America'' as protection for plutocrats. Today, little has changed, because our Republican colleagues through this rule are rushing to defend corporations who have fled to Bermuda and other isles in the Caribbean, maintaining that these tax dodgers deserve contracts with America. If in a time of war these corporate citizens must put profits over patriotism and cash over country, then we need to talk to them in the only language that they understand and that is money. They add insult to injury by not only refusing to pay their fair share but for asking for your share that you contribute, turning around and asking for government business after they have refused to help finance the government and our national security and our schools and all of our other needs in this country.”