Political Quotes

“Let me say this, the shareholders, that's the profits of the company, and the profits have to be generated somewhere. This idea that it doesn't cost anybody anything, and there is not a cost to the customers of the corporations, who are homeowners, it would be, indeed, a historic moment in this body if we passed legislation that cost billions of dollars, but it didn't cost anybody anything. It would probably be the first time in the history of this universe. And if it does happen, we should pause, because we will have figured out basically how to defy the principles of mathematics and economics. Third, the chairman mentioned Katrina, and I mentioned Katrina earlier in this debate, and let me point out, and I think this is probably conclusive evidence of why we do not need to pass a $3 billion additional housing fund. The chairman correctly said that we passed this bill before, and I voted for it and it had money in there for Katrina. Well, this bill creates $3 billion, much of which will go to Katrina. Well, it was only 2 months ago that we appropriated $3 billion for Katrina. That is the 3 billion that we voted for; and there is no reason to pass legislation, which actually passed this body, went to the President and passed appropriating $3 billion, and here we come appropriating another $3 billion. So I will continue to say we determined we needed $3 billion when I voted for this bill before, and I stand by that. We didn't need $6 billion, we needed $3 billion.”