Political Quotes

“We just heard more of the same on the other side of the aisle, denial and disinformation. And I find it particularly ironic that my friend from North Carolina would cite the unanimous decision of the Board of Governors. Well, guess what? That same Board of Governors unanimously recommended the $25 billion you are declining that is in this bill today. It is interesting how we cherry-pick facts. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Delivering for America Act. There is an ongoing and concerted effort to disrupt the timeliness of mail delivery and to erode public confidence in the Postal Service, all leading, if successful, to the largest voter suppression in American history since Jim Crow. The effort is being directed by the new Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, a crony and major donor of the President. A President who opposes mail-in voting for everyone apparently but himself and his wife. A President who has called the Postal Service a joke and a scam, and who threatened to veto the CARES Act with $2 trillion for desperately needed assistance all over this country simply to block this funding. On August 18, the Postmaster General announced, finally, he put a hold on some of the sweeping operational changes that were not only misguided amid a pandemic, but actually eroded public confidence in America's favorite government agency, the Postal Service. All in a day's work for someone unqualified and unfit to begin with for the office he now occupies.…”