Political Quotes

“I went to southeastern Ohio over the weekend, and I talked to people in Shady Side, Ohio and in Bel Air, Ohio, and Youngstown, Ohio, and I heard about infrastructure needs in Ohio. I heard about schools that need to be built. I heard about water and sewer systems that small communities simply cannot afford to pay for. And I talked with teachers and principals, talked with about three or four high school classes over this last 4 or 5 days while I was in Ohio. We are a compassionate people, I would say to my friend from New York. We are compassionate. We care about other people, but we also care about the people that we are charged to represent. And in my district, I have got so many needs. I found out this past weekend that in one of my communities there is the great danger that we are going to lose an additional 275 good-paying jobs, union jobs, steelworker jobs. This really concerns me. I think there is a bleeding of jobs in this country. Unemployment is skyrocketing in my district and throughout Ohio. More and more of our constituents are without health insurance. Our schools are being inadequately funded.”