Political Quotes

“Mr. Hoyer has been kind to me. There was a while back when we were beating each other up on the floor, I think he gave me more time to finish. Sometimes you remember those things. Mr. Speaker, I am well caffeinated, and I am angry, so let's actually have some fun on the truth with math. I am terrified what is going on around here because we are making crap up. So let's actually do math. Mr. Speaker, this is what we were borrowing per second over the last 12 months. Every single second we were borrowing $72,932. Every second we borrow 72,000, and 20,000 of it is just interest, and it gets dramatically worse between now and the rest of the decade. There is a punch line here I need you to understand. How many times have you listened to Members walk behind these microphones and do this: Well, I don't get to vote on mandatory spending, I only vote on discretionary. Seriously, you have been here how long, Mr. Speaker? It is our mantra. Well, I vote on defense and nondefense discretionary, and that is like 30 percent of the budget. It is actually closer to 27. Well, guess what? Every dime we as Members of Congress now vote on is borrowed. It is all borrowed money. Look, I threw together this chart-- thank you to the staff--but in the current budget year the appropriation was about $1.8 trillion, 1.8, 1.3, and in the July update we have spent about $1.7 trillion on discretionary. This is not Medicare. This is not Social Security. That is this orange part here.…”