Jerry Brown: “I do not see anybody on this floor who has spent more time over more years than I have fighting for the rights of the…”

“I do not see anybody on this floor who has spent more time over more years than I have fighting for the rights of the poor and the homeless, the deprived, those who are discriminated against. I have supported every program since 1963... I think that what is being proposed here tonight is an effort to see another great program aimed at showing that this country is a world leader in a number of fields of science. I think that we are going to see this program fail if this amendment succeeds. It is only a 15-percent cut... I can assure the gentleman that he would be far better off, and I am going to urge my colleagues to all support the amendment coming up to just cancel the space station. Most of my colleagues have admitted that they do not think much of it anyway, so why not cancel it. We will save $1.8 billion in the 1997 budget, plus or minus. With that $1.8 billion we can fund the housing program and we can plus up the other social programs that we are interested in.”