Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the chairman, and congratulate him for the chairmanship of the Western Caucus, and I appreciate being included in this discussion this evening. Madam Speaker, on the way over here, here is a bit of breaking news: POLITICO, in their online newsletter, 6:30 tonight, the headline: ``Biden's plans for recovery imperiled by swelling ranks of long-term jobless.'' First sentence reads: Millions of Americans are staring at the reality of long- term unemployment, a precarious and worsening situation that threatens to drag on the economic recovery after the pandemic ends. You know what, I remember when Democrats used to be the champion of the working class, the champion of the working man and woman. Long-term unemployment is so damaging to people's families and people's lives. Suspending the production on Federal lands--granted Texas doesn't have the amount of Federal lands that some of the other Western States do, but still, it affects us. And Todd Staples, our former agriculture commissioner in the State of Texas--now the head of the Texas Oil and Gas Association--writes in January: ``Banning energy development on Federal lands and in offshore waters not only threatens thousands of the best-paying jobs, but needlessly erases much-needed revenue that helps pay for schools and other essential services,'' so said Todd Staples, the president of Texas Oil and Gas Association.…”