Political Quotes

“I believe American working families deserve a raise, and finally this morning we are going to have a vote on that subject. And if my colleagues believe that way, all of America will be able to see that they voted against this call for the previous question and we have finally an up-and-down vote on the minimum wage. But, as my colleagues can see, what we have been hearing this morning is the same old Republican story: Promises made, promises broken. That is what this Republican majority is all about. It was only last week that the Republican leadership of this House and of the Senate were telling us: We would have a vote on the minimum-wage increase. But they forgot to ask the lobby. As we can see, this would be like the Republicans writing environmental legislation without getting a bill from the polluters. They just do not do that. They made their announcement, and they had a traffic jam out here.”