Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I say to my colleague, first of all, I will repeat what Senator Isakson said. As a Governor, you had to balance the budget. You know how to do it. You understand the importance of it. I appreciate the Senator's work on this colloquy today in that regard. I would note that my own State of Arizona just concluded its work on a budget. It was hard. The Governor had her proposals. The State legislature did its work. It was hard slogging because they had to make tough decisions, but they did. Just last week, they finished the budget in the legislative session. Families have to do it, States have to do it, but here in the Congress now, under the Democratic control of the Senate, for 3 straight years there has not been a budget. As the Senator knows, however, the President submits a budget each year. Last year, his budget was, frankly, met with derision from pundits, from experts, and from economists who said it was not a serious proposal. I looked up the number. Last year his budget was rejected 97 to 0 in the Senate. So what about this year? Well, the same thing. It was not a serious effort. It was a political document. Everybody could see it. So they put it to a vote in the House of Representatives. It was defeated 414 to 0. Not a single Democrat voted for the President's budget. They understood it was not serious. Well, we will have an opportunity to vote on the President's budget again this afternoon, and I expect the same fate. Why? Well, three quick points.…”