Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this is a time of extraordinary crisis for our Nation. In this time of crisis, I call upon each of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle to rise above--rise above paid partisanship, rise above the bickering that so often consumes Washington, rise above and put first the priorities of the millions of Americans who are hurt. Look, there is a time for political disagreements. There is a time for policy disagreements. I am no stranger to robust political and policy disagreements. But we are in this midst of a global pandemic. People are dying. People are suffering. Last night, when this Senate voted on whether to move forward with emergency relief legislation for the millions of people being devastated by the economic disaster we are seeing as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, every single Democrat in this body voted to block consideration of this bill Now, for those of you at home who are not poring over a Senate procedural matter, what does it mean to vote to block consideration? It doesn't mean they voted against the bill. It means they voted against even starting to take it up. The New York Times headline, moments afterward, said: Democrats block $1.7 trillion stimulus bill. Of course, that headline had the fault of being accurate, and so within minutes, the New York Times changed it to: Democrats block $1.7 trillion stimulus bill citing worker concerns. That was headline No. 2.…”