Political Quotes

“I reserve the balance of my time. I have no additional speakers except myself when I close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I'm the final speaker on our side, so I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, this is about our values. This is about what we stand for. The constant attacks by some of my Republican friends, by many on the other side of the aisle, on SNAP, on poor people, on the vulnerable is just plain wrong. And, quite frankly, it's offensive. Three weeks ago, this farm bill failed in this House because the Republicans cannot govern. You know, you are in control. Sixty-two of your Members, including five committee chairs, voted ``no.'' To suggest that somehow Democrats should have carried this bill is ludicrous because I want to make one thing clear: we are not going to vote for a bill that sticks it to poor people, and that's exactly what this bill does. The bill that you had on the floor that threw 2 million people off SNAP was unacceptable, and we could not vote for that. There are 50 million people in this country who are hungry; 17 million of them are children. Millions of people who are on SNAP work for a living. They go to work every day; but they earn so little, they still qualify for this benefit. These are our neighbors. These are our brothers; these are our sisters. Please do not turn your backs on them. Please do not turn your backs on these people. We are a better country than that.…”