Political Quotes

“in a famous court case a Supreme Court Justice said of obscenity, ``I know it when I see it.'' Mr. Chairman, we see it here today in the form of the Republican rescission bill on the floor. The bill abandons all sense of decency by cutting programs for children and seniors in order to cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans. Mr. Chairman, because the Republican disaster bill cuts investment in children, like nutrition, education and summer jobs, it will create other problems which will increase the budget deficit while it increases the human deficit. Furthermore, Mr. Chairman, it is indecent to cut assistance to homeless vets and to cut other veterans' medical benefits while giving tax benefits to the wealthiest Americans and corporations. It is indecent to cut home heating oil for senior citizens. It is indecent to ask California's children to pay $2 billion--$2 billion in assistance for the aid that California will receive for the earthquake disaster. Mr. Chairman, much has been said about saddling our children with increased deficits--budget and human. We must defeat this bill today.”