Political Quotes

“We have heard a lot of straw men set up by opponents on the other side. We have heard about all kinds of horrible cuts that would come if we get a responsible budget number for welfare. This body should know that the $53 billion cut, which we propose in this amendment to include in reconciliation instructions, is equivalent to the $53 billion cut that was passed by an 87-vote majority in this body when we debated welfare previously. Now, there could have been as many as 13 Members of the body that did not like what was in that welfare bill. But I can assure you, with 87 Members of this body voting for welfare reform, the horrible, tragic things that we hear about that could happen if we have to achieve reconciliation savings of $53 billion in welfare are so much smoke and mirrors. What we are concerned about in the numbers is assuring that veterans health care does not take an impossible hit, a $12.9 billion reduction.”