Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise as the designee of the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison) to offer amendment No. 3, the Congressional Progressive Caucus' Better Off Budget substitute. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015. (a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2014 and for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. (b) Table of Contents.-- Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. Sec. 102. Major functional categories. TITLE II--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING Sec. 201. Direct spending. TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET ENFORCEMENT Sec. 301. Point of order against advance appropriations. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2024: (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution: (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as follows: Fiscal year 2014: $2,267,180,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: $2,831,675,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: $3,212,240,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: $3,374,939,000,000.…”