Political Quotes

“I thank my good friend, Mr. Clay of Missouri, and a distinguished member of our committee, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I hope the American people are listening to what is being said here on the floor, because they are actually getting an honest flavor of where some of my friends on the other side of the aisle actually are. Everybody, Mr. Jordan says, agrees we need a wall, a barrier on the border. Actually, not everybody does. Actually, most polls show most Americans don't support that, and that number is increasing: the opposition. Federal workers make more than their private sector counterparts, despite the fact that the official study shows they are 31 percent behind their private sector counterparts, and there are differences because of the differences in the nature of the work. What you are also hearing, besides Darwinian ``survival of the fittest'' rhetoric and Marie Antoinette, ``let them eat cake'' kind of rhetoric coming out of this administration and some Members of this body, which I think reflects poorly on an understanding about where the average American, including the average Federal employee, actually is and what their needs really are--and they don't demand much--but respect is something they do demand, and it is something we offer them. That is why this resolution in front of us is so important. Is it that hard to come together? Yeah, it is nonbinding, but it is aspirational.…”