Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for being so prepared with such important statements. This statement, a better deal for America, invest in America, make it in America. I want to acknowledge the whip of our caucus, Mr. Hoyer, who has been persistent. We have joined him like a choir because it is important. But let me make this economic point. I want to hold this up. When we had the helm in the 1990s, since I am talking patriotic and saying I'm proud to be an American, we understood one economic factor, and even politically, I think, some of us suffered. But under the Clinton administration, if I might say, it was an investment and revenue, and we turned the economy around. And we weren't down in the soup. We knew we had to tighten our belt. We even did a budget reform in 1997, if I can bring back ancient history. But 20 million jobs were created. I know there are a lot of pundits and economists who want to say that we are on our last legs. Don't tell that to the American people. We're not on our last leg. Your area is going to be resilient because we are going to help you. You might have thought, as we come to this very somber weekend, that New York and Manhattan were on their last leg in 2001. That might have been our assumption, our conclusion when we were so overwhelmed with grief. Look at them now. Why? Because we've put public--the Federal Government--and private partnership together, and they are restored in terms of their infrastructure. This is what we're talking about.…”