Political Quotes

“let me say that I share the gentleman's concern about the proper management of this or any program. I am the ranking member of the subcommittee that the gentleman chairs. We have not had a discussion about this. Not once did the gentleman ask me to join him in taking a look at this. I would be the greatest supporter of trying to make sure that this program and any other program is run properly. We all care deeply about this program. This was a bipartisan effort. We debated this in a laudable fashion when it came before us. If the gentleman wants my cooperation in taking a look, he has it. But I would respectfully ask the gentleman not to cripple this program, not to cripple the institutions, not to cripple the small businesses who will be the beneficiaries, all of those applicants you have from Alabama. You have about six of your areas in Alabama who would like to have money. We need to expand the opportunities. I would ask the gentleman not to cripple their opportunities with limiting this and keeping it at $50 million when, in fact, the President and the budget agreement that was worked out would allocate $125 million.”