Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the American people are increasingly disgusted at the level of corporate greed that we see today. We have more income and wealth inequality in America now than we have had in 100 years--billionaires getting richer, working people falling further and further behind. And there is no clearer example of corporate greed than what we see in the rail industry today. In the last year, that industry earned $21 billion in profits-- recordbreaking--and provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends to their wealthy shareholders. And yet, today, in that industry, workers who do difficult and dangerous work have zero paid sick days. Zero. You get sick, you get a mark against you; couple of marks, you get fired. This cannot and must not happen in America in 2022. This amendment simply says 7 paid sick days for workers in the rail industry, and I hope we can win it. Vote on H. Con. Res. 119 I ask for the yeas and nays, and I yield back all remaining time on both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.”