Political Quotes

“I do want to just put out a word of caution that I know that what the Senator is trying to do is, in effect, to save the $20 billion proposed offset in the Domenici amendment, which has been spoken against now by the distinguished chairman of the Finance Committee, so it could be used later on. But I do think you need to think carefully about what is being said here and the impact this vote may have on the subsequent vote, because there are some Senators who share the concerns of the Senator from Georgia in the defense area, but they also feel the deficit has not been adequately addressed. They wanted an effort to find a way to get some more deficit reduction through using the entitlements. And the idea was, look, let us have it; let us try it. Let us see if we can find a way to protect defense. Let us see if we can find a way to get entitlements savings on top of the discretionary spending cuts. If that fails, then we have to look around for another alternative.”