Political Quotes

Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the Stenholm and Wise balanced budget amendments. It has become a cliche to say that there is no easy way to arrest our deficit problem. We've learned that reducing our borrowing levels is about making…

As a rookie Member of Congress in 1993, I sat in the most junior chair on the Armed Services Committee, just a few feet from the witness table. Then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell testified in favor of the Clinton…

My congressional career will close on February 28 so that the constitutionally required special election to replace me can coincide with a statewide referendum Governor Brown intends to hold in California later this year. This timing will…

I opposed it then, and I oppose it now. No good has ever come of that policy. And I applaud the personal courage of current Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen who told Congress, ``No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape…