Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Garamendi. The way I would wrap it up is that, yes, we are confronted with a budgetary issue that we have got to deal with. We can't run away from it. We can't forget how we got here: tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, prosecute a couple of wars to the tune of a trillion dollars, and then a crash on Wall Street--all under the Bush administration. But we're here. We've got to deal with it. I ask my friends on the Republican side of the aisle that sacrifice has got to be shared, where is that shared sacrifice? It isn't just against early childhood education. It isn't just against medical research. It isn't just against Medicare and Medicaid or education or transportation. You can't just get this budget balanced on a very narrow slice of the budget. Let's share the sacrifice. Let's get this country back on track. Things are recovering. Let's keep it going.”