Political Quotes

“My conclusion is this, and this chart dramatically shows it. If I can accept the concept of capital budgets based on the investment scenario of the Clinton administration, then these kinds of conclusions can be drawn. All of us know we would not create a whole new debt structure worth trillions upon trillions of dollars knowingly. So what it merely speaks to is the inability of this Congress to understand the Reid amendment or what the Senator from Nevada is trying to say. There are no questions and there is no doubt within the Simon-Hatch-Craig amendment. All of the scenarios have been played over the last decade. All of the questions have been asked and all of the answers are available. The judgment you make today on the Reid amendment and the judgment this evening on the Simon-Hatch-Craig amendment can in fact be an informed decision toward a true balanced budget and a new chapter, a new amendment in our Constitution that is clear and profound in its directives to the Congress of the United States.”