Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today, not in support of the amendment, the substitute offered by the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Mfume], but to say that it is an intellectually honest one and it is a good faith effort. It is one that clearly deserves to be debated because of the effort that it makes here today. But the primary reason that I would oppose it is because of the cuts it makes in the budget. Mr. Chairman, despite what the gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. Schroeder] said, the $175 billion additional cut below the baseline of the Clinton plan, and that is on top of the cuts that the Clinton plan would make, would be devastating to national defense. Well, is there an alternative to the Clinton budget? Yes, there is. There is one that will be debated next, and it is that plan that is offered by the Republicans on the Committee on the Budget led by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich].”