Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. I appreciate the comments of the Senator from California. Senator Brown, who occupies the desk next to mine, was on the floor talking about this just 2 nights ago and does want to work to extend unemployment benefits and to do it in a way that is paid for. That is why I came to offer the amendment to the Senator from California to say: Well, let's do it but do it by paying for it using unspent Federal funds, the text of which is at the desk. We need to pay to extend this. But what we need to do is stimulate the economy because of what we see on the front page of USA Today about ``Jobless data could break '80s record'' and ``November was likely 19th month above 9 percent.'' We need to give certainty to business. My colleague from California made comments about a letter signed by 42 Republican Senators. In fact, I did sign that. All the Republican Members of the Senate signed it. In the first paragraph it says: President Obama in his first speech after the November election said ``we owe'' it to the American people to ``focus on those issues that affect their jobs.'' He went on to say that Americans ``want jobs to come back faster.'' That is why 42 of us signed the letter. Let's focus on that. Let us get that done. Let us provide that certainty.…”