Political Quotes

“this has been one of those periodic weeks where a lot of people in the country turn on the television and they look at this institution and they wonder if we live in another world. They see us, or at least one of us, going down the hallway giving high-fives the day after announcing the end of a career in disgrace, they hear us obsessing on all kinds of things that do not matter to the American people, and then they hear this budget debate. And they hear the gentleman from Iowa (Chairman Nussle), for whom I have a great deal of respect, announce that under his budget everyone in America is a winner. They must wonder if we live in the same world because I wonder if the 13.5 million American families on Medicaid who have to pay more money under last year's budget, and more money under this year's budget to go to the doctor, really think they are winners. I wonder if the veterans who have served our country who are looking at cuts in years 2 through 5 under Mr. Nussle's budget think they are winners. I wonder if the Guard and Reservists who still will not get a fully funded TRICARE program think they are winners. I wonder if the 45 million uninsured that Mr. Moran talked about think they are winners. I wonder if the 13.5 million children living in poverty think they are winners. The reality is under this budget proposed by the chairman's mark, some people win under this budget: people who have already been winning and who have been winning for a very long time.…”