Political Quotes

“a number of us believe that there is no finer orator in the House than my friend from Indiana who runs the Republican Study Committee. I wish he were still here because I was struck by some words he used. He said that this was the toughest budget since Reagan. He said that we were in very tough times and this budget was laden with tough choices. Where my good friend and my very eloquent friend from Indiana was mistaken is who are we tough on. If this was truly the toughest budget in 20 years, if it had sacrifice all across the board, there would be support for it from the more conservative Members on this side of the aisle. If this were truly a budget that made tough choices and directed those choices at all of our people and not some of our people, there would be significant support for it from the conservative side of this aisle. {time} 1530 There is a reason why there is not. Because it is not tough on everybody. The average person, Mr. Speaker, earning over $1 million a year, the people who will benefit so handsomely from the President's tax cuts, will get a tax cut this April 15 of $103,000. You could lower that number to $90,000, Mr. Speaker, and recoup every single Medicaid cut that is made. And I am sure my friends on the other side will say, well, yes, we need to cut Medicaid. Understand who goes on Medicaid. It is not the people who are sitting in this Chamber or our families. It is people who are crushed at the poverty line or near the poverty line.…”