Political Quotes

“if you listened carefully, you understood that my friend from Texas did not answer my question. He has a concern about corporate liability. It is a legitimate debate. Do you know what? Bring it to the floor. Let's vote it up or down. I will vote against it. You will vote for it. But I asked you a very simple question, not about linking things together--nobody in the real world understands that stuff. That is inside-the-beltway stuff. What people in the real world know--and I want to take a moment to read some of these statements. We have a lot of people on our social media, and we asked the American people, just the other day: Tell me; what would a $2,000 check mean to you? What is going on in your life? And in just over 24 hours, I would say to my friend from Texas, nearly 6,000 people responded. Here is just what a few of them had to say. This is Twitter stuff. So I don't have their names here, and I wouldn't use them publicly, anyhow. But this is what they say. One person writes: ``$2,000 is the difference between keeping our apartment and being evicted.'' Here is another one: ``$2,000 means I can afford to feed my three kids.'' Another response: ``It would mean not having to choose between rent and groceries and not having to ration my partner's meds.'' Another response: ``I am raising my grandson with medical needs. I am $4,000 behind on utilities.…”