Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, let me thank the gentlelady from Ohio, and I'm very glad to follow on the theme that Congresswoman Kaptur of Ohio spoke to and the note that she ended on, recognizing that we have to do more. There is pain out there, but to actually say to the American public that our President, President Obama and this administration with this Democratic Congress has created more jobs in the last 18 months than were created in the tenure of the last administration, I don't know how many times we have to say that, but allow me to say it one more time, that this administration, President Obama's administration with this Democratic Congress, has created more jobs than the last administration in their entire tenure, and that was 8 years. Let me also cite for my colleague and let me as well express my appreciation in joining the Congressional Black Caucus special hour that we have participated in and educated really the American public, and I thank you for your leadership. Chairman Bernanke spoke last week in a number of hearings--and I think it's important to note--I know that many of our colleagues are either at hearings or they see the hearings. We try to twist and turn on our questions. If we don't like the answer, we try to throw it back at the witness.…”