Political Quotes

“The incentives matter. We don't want to delay a recovery from this crisis by 4 months. Hopefully, we stop this global pandemic, and we stop it soon. You don't know how soon that will be. I don't know. One of the benefits of this bill is that we are flooding more resources--and we should be--into testing, into preventive gear, and into ventilators. There is a lot we need to do to stop this pandemic, but when it ends--and it will end, and we will get through this--we want people to go back to work--not 4 months from now. We want them to go back to work as soon as they are able to go back to work, and that is what our economy needs to be strong. I would note, again, that I posed a question to the Senator from Illinois: Would he take a modification that acknowledges the administrative problems but said that this is the principle we should follow--that you shouldn't be paid more not to work than you are paid to work. And the Senator from Illinois didn't answer that.”