Political Quotes

“I voted against the so-called stimulus package a few moments ago. I didn't have a chance before the vote occurred to explain why I was going to cast that ballot, voting no. Obviously, there are provisions that I strongly endorse and support, including: The extension of unemployment benefits; teacher expenses which is an item we argued about a number of years ago that I thought would be very worthwhile; and the New York recovery package--certainly I would like to see us do what we can to help New York City as a result of what happened September 11. If those were the only issues, this would have been an easy vote. They were not the only issues. In fact, they were minor issues by comparison to what else was included in this package. Based on whatever estimates you want to rely on, at least over the next 10 years, there are $42 billion in revenue losses to the Federal Treasury. The country is getting stronger, the economy is getting much stronger.”