Political Quotes

“I would like to particularly thank the Out of Poverty Caucus: Congresswoman Lee, Congressmen Towns, Conyers, Honda, and a number of other Members who have joined that caucus and all of us who are here on the floor who are members of that caucus and who believe that this could not be a more important time. A few days ago, I got on the floor to rename the Cut, Cap, and Balance legislation that was passed that would cut $6 trillion out of the hearts and needs of the American people. I called it the ``Tap Dance, Losers' Club, and Bust the Benefits'' bill because this is not a question of Members who are standing here today, wanting to recklessly spend your money. In fact, we are excited about opportunities that help boost the middle class, but we want to remind our colleagues that there are Americans who are impoverished. Do you know that there are Americans who are on the front lines-- young soldiers of the ages of 18, 19, 20, and 21 who have come out of places like the Delta in Mississippi or the Fifth Ward in Texas or the Appalachian Mountains or from the urban centers around the Nation--who are suffering from the highest degree of poverty, not poverty that they have generated on themselves? Yes, there are issues sometimes with legacy poverty: families that have never broken the cycle, who are living in public housing or, even worse, who are living in housing that is not fit to be lived in.…”