Political Quotes

“We are doing what the American people have asked us to do. I thank the gentleman from New York for championing the cause of the American people, and I thank our whip, Mr. Hoyer, for understanding that we need an up-or-down vote on the Senate compromise and a motion for this conference that will not occur to do what is right for the American people. I've already said that the holiday season for so many has just gone up in smoke. The lights on the Christmas tree have just burst and the tree is burning. The candles throughout the house are now down and smoldering, and people are bemoaning the condition that Washington Republicans have put them in. Mothers, single mothers, families without are now begging for a lifeline; and the gigantic ship, the cruise ship, is cruising on by and allowing them to drown in the dusty and dark waters of this land. I don't understand where there is no mercy, where there is no understanding. My good friend from Michigan will see that his constituents, 70,000 of them, will lose unemployment benefits; the Speaker from Ohio, 58,000 will lose unemployment benefits; Texas, 134,000. They understand that this is smoke and mirrors. I said in the Rules Committee, at 7:05 last night, we had a right to vote on the Senate bill that was put before us. That rule was changed midstream.…”