Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, all across America and around the world, the men and women in the United States military serve us and serve us well. Would you wonder whether or not their families back home would be eligible for an increase in the minimum wage? Their families may be blue-collar workers or workers in the service industries, and here they are, willing to sacrifice their lives, and we here in the United States Congress won't raise the minimum wage to $10.10. What an outrage. Even the possible compromise that is percolating around has the audacity to suggest that $7.25 is okay, that we will raise it just a little bit. But you don't understand the facts: $10.10 is over a 3-year period. Then today, on the floor of the House, a brilliant idea. H.R. 2575, I believe is the name. This one wants to eliminate the opportunity of those who are working 30 hours a week to get health care. Across the way, in the Budget hearing, the Republican budget is cutting trillions of dollars in social services and Medicaid. Raise the minimum wage. Take the American people off of social needs, social assistance. Stop the tomfoolery of turning this country backwards. ____________________”