Tom McClintock: “I happen to agree with Ronald Reagan that defense is not a budget issue. You spend what you need to spend in order to…”

If a little waif showed up on your doorstep the first thing you are going to do is get that little child back to its family and its home.

These are people who promised their constituents not to raise their taxes. And those five no votes just voted for the biggest tax increase in American history.

What I'm hearing back is you don't do anything. You shrug your shoulders and then send another batch of kids out to another group of sponsors' homes.

When the history of this administration is written, I would not want to be you looking back on what historians say about your tenure.