Political Quotes

“I want to follow up and put two more numbers on the record, as you did. You made a very valid point that here we are at the last minute. You would think that we would be sensitive enough to know that families are gathering. Families want to have a holiday for the children. They're trying to be the Santa that they know that the children believe in. They're trying to make preparations. Families are trying to find ways to be with loved ones. It may be gasoline that they may need to drive a car. If we don't do this unemployment insurance, we are poised--unlike if we did it and we get bang for our buck--to lose 200,000 jobs. Compound that with not extending the payroll tax cut and we'd lose 400,000 jobs. That is almost 600,000 jobs. I finish by saying the tragedy of your point about China--and I want to make it very clear that we love all people. We wish the best for the people of China. It is the policies, the currencies. But not only do we have this in the backdrop; we have to fix our own house so that we're not building a bridge in California that has drawn steel and workers and designers and accountants from way across the ocean in China. We've got to get our house in order. And so 600,000--if the payroll tax cut extension doesn't go forward, we're losing 400,000 jobs. And if unemployment insurance doesn't go forward, we're losing 200,000 jobs.…”