Political Quotes

“Thank you to the Senator from Illinois for giving us a little time before you have your maiden speech. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. Let me echo and associate my comments with all of the Members who have spoken previously, and thanks to Senator Warner and Senator Chambliss for their work in bringing truly a bipartisan approach to how we start the discussion and move forward on deficit management and tax reform, which is critical for this country. You have heard all of the statistics, all of the numbers, all of the reasons why we should do it. But pretty simply, the way I look at this, if there is one issue in my 2008 campaign that I talked about at the very beginning of the campaign it was about the deficit and what was happening, how much of your tax dollars are going toward paying the debt, paying the interest. I know, Madam President, you spoke about it, the interest costs that are absorbing the amount of the budget here. But in reality, I remember in 2008, no one paid much attention. Then suddenly the crash occurred at the end of 2008 and then everyone wanted to talk about it, because it affected them and they now saw the picture. But where we are today is an important point. Tonight we will have a vote on a tax package that will be temporary, a 2-year fix to a much more complicated problem.…”