Political Quotes

“sometimes I feel like Alice in Wonderland. And this is one of those moments. The Senator from Virginia says this is an innovative idea--the amendment by myself and the Senator from Iowa. Mr. President, this is the same idea that this body voted for unanimously 2 years ago except we set a cap at $250,000. Now we set it at the level of the pay of the President of the United States. So this isn't innovation. This is tightening the loophole. Every Member of this body went along with this notion of capping the amount that taxpayers would pay in 1 fiscal year to a Federal contractor from taxpayer funds. They want to get millions of dollars from the private sector. God bless them. But we believe it is the appropriate thing to do when you look after the taxpayers' purse to put a reasonable limit. I wish that I had heard the same passion that I heard today from the Senator from Pennsylvania when we debated the minimum wage. I will tell you. The Senator from Pennsylvania says, what about a new firm starting out and they know they can only make $200,000 a year rather than the Federal Government? Wouldn't that inhibit them? I think for a new firm starting out that is not a bad salary. Maybe in Pennsylvania $200,000 a year isn't a lot of money, but where I come from it is a lot of money. And we don't limit what people can make outside of the Federal Government. Then the Senator from Pennsylvania says he doesn't care what executives get. He doesn't care.…”