Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands for her leadership, and I'm delighted to join her in what I think is an enormously important discussion. Oftentimes, Congresswoman, we don't get a chance to have this kind of discussion when we are debating bills on the floor of the House. So let me, first of all, add again to your statistics. The more we can recite for people what the problem is, the better off we are. So you will see us standing over the next couple of days and weeks, and isn't it interesting as we approach Thanksgiving and then the Christmas holiday for many of us, and holidays in different names, Chanukah for many, and many other kinds of celebratory holidays that call upon fellowship and food to realize how many are impoverished in this Nation. So I'm delighted to stand with the Congressional Black Caucus, our friend, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, our chairperson, Chairman Cleaver, and yourself to firmly stand committed to combating poverty, eliminating hunger, and providing health insurance for all citizens. Let me just say in light of that, the Supreme Court indicated that they will take up the health care bill. But I'm going to join some pundits and take a risk and say it's going to be upheld. I know there is a lot of rubbing of the hands and excitement because they see in the eyesight the death knell for the Affordable Care Act.…”