Political Quotes

“Madam President, reserving the right to object, I note on the front page of USA Today ``Jobless Data could Break '80s Record.'' Not since the early 1980s has the nation's unemployment rate been so grim for so long, a government report due Friday is likely to show. It goes on to say: The chronic level of high unemployment shows that many Americans are still suffering, even though [the government], the National Bureau of Economic Research, has said the recession officially ended in June 2009. The people in this country know what is happening in their own communities and their own States and do not need to be told different things by the government when they know the reality in which they are living. I heard from my distinguished colleague some concerns we all share about the economy and what best way to stimulate economic growth. I believe, with Members on my side of the aisle, that one of the things you do is you don't raise taxes on anyone in this country during these economic times. We are unanimous on this side of the aisle in that position. But listening to my colleague, there are now actually a growing chorus of Members from his side of the aisle who are agreeing with me, including the two newest Members of the Senate from the other side of the aisle who have come here, the distinguished Senator from West Virginia and the one from Delaware.…”