Political Quotes

Jim McDermott

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Oct 5, 2011

So you are talking 22 million people looking for 3 million jobs?

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Oct 5, 2011

So we are basically saying to the middle class that have been unemployed for how many weeks, you said? What is the percentage?

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Oct 5, 2011

The Republican Party has never believed unemployment insurance was good.

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Oct 5, 2011

So you now have no more unemployment benefits, and you are middle class yesterday, and today you are with food stamps.

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Oct 5, 2011

I want you to explain to the committee the term counter-cyclical.

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Sep 22, 2011

You have to have a disability that is going to keep you off the rolls for a year, that you are going to be unable to work for a year, or die.

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Sep 22, 2011

The bottom line being if you keep them poor enough and hungry enough, they will ultimately finally find some way to get out of it; is that what you are saying?

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Sep 21, 2011

the Republican budget would cut $600 million of the IRS. This would hurt the program's integrity efforts.

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Sep 21, 2011

the Republican budget would cut over $105 million from taxpayer service.

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Sep 21, 2011

the Republican budget would hurt taxpayer service and administration of energy and other tax credits.

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Sep 21, 2011

I watched what happened yesterday on the floor, when the floor was controlled by people who really believe that government should have no role in doing anything.

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