Political Quotes

“Two hours ago, the Republicans in this House passed, without Democratic support, a continuing resolution for a while, and there were cuts in those. For the most part, there was no debate here on the floor about specific cuts, but you raised these issues. I'm going to put some numbers to what you talked about. The Women, Infants, and Children program, the WIC program, is for pregnant mothers at risk during their pregnancy and then after their pregnancy so they have adequate nutrition and health care so they have a healthy baby. It saves us money. If that baby is not healthy, it is going to cost a lot of money. The Women, Infants, and Children program, the WIC program, there is a $200 million reduction in it. We like to fight crime; right? Well, $149 million out of the construction account so that there can be police stations and other facilities for the police across the Nation. You mentioned environmental issues. $192 million from the Department of Energy's environmental cleanup. What are they cleaning up? They are cleaning up the nuclear waste material from the previous Cold War nuclear programs. We know a lot all of a sudden about nuclear contamination. Oh, good, we are going to take $192 million out and just leave that nuclear waste out there to do what it is going to do, and it won't be good. And also, there is another. You mentioned the banking industry.…”