Political Quotes

“Let me thank the distinguished ranking member and the manager of this bill. I want to associate myself with Mr. Van Hollen's analysis and add some other thoughts. We are on the floor today, April 4, and might I make mention of two points that are not particularly related, but I do want to, again, acknowledge the men and women at Fort Hood, Texas. I was there in 2009 to mourn with those families. Today, I mourn as well with those families whose loved ones have lost their lives and those who suffer. It is important for us as a Nation to be responsive to their needs. I know that we will do so in a bipartisan manner. I also want to make mention that today is the date of the assassination of one of the greatest peacemakers in the world, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Besides his concern for those who did not have equal rights, he was also an economist, to the extent that his advocacy was to extinguish poverty. The last days of his life were spent planning the Poor People's March in 1968 to raise incomes and the quality of life of men and women across America. So I raise the question of where we are in 2014. This is not a conversation that we easily engage with our friends on the other side of the aisle. As you are passing the budget resolution, the process that you are in, to my knowledge, there was no effort to include an increase to the minimum wage.…”