Hank Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.”

“I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty.”

“Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.”

“College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.”

“Even as technology becomes increasingly critical to the way we live our lives, power our world and defend our shores, the United States has allowed the production of minerals crucial in the creation of these advanced products to slide.”

“Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans.”

“The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray.”

“Any cut to Pell Grants means low-income must take out additional loans or work longer hours - risk factors that increase their odds of dropping out of school.”

“As more government functions are privatized, we find political leaders defunding the public school system, shifting government funds to the private, for-profit school industry.”

“I stand with the millions of seniors and working people who depend on Social Security and who expect the money they put in to be there for them when they retire.”