Political Quotes

“I do rise in my role as a member of the Committee on Appropriations, as well as a member of the Committee on the Budget. Frequently, we hear those who serve on the Committee on Appropriations say that 'We just really cannot make these cuts. They are going to cut too deeply into the programs that make such a difference.' Let us harken back and remember last fall, when we had the Penny-Kasich amendment on the floor here to make some of the cuts that we have been talking about in the last several days and last several months. That was defeated. When it was defeated the chairman of the Committee on the Budget said, 'We will have a separate set, a different set of cutting priorities.' We had that list of cuts and we passed that list as a substitute for Penny-Kasich. Madam Speaker, what has happened since then? Some of them have been implemented. During the earthquake relief bill we implemented some of them, 25 percent, 30 percent, I do not know, but I think it is less than 50 percent of them have been implemented. We have not implemented what we said we were going to.”