Political Quotes

“But it doesn't have to any more than the last Senate bill had to stay a Senate bill. I have been here 32 years. I may not be in the No. 2 position in my party, as my friend was, but I don't need an education on how we do this. This is malarkey, as they say--this argument being made about the Constitution. Let me move on, if I may. My friend references President Reagan, and I might note that I voted for the Roth-Kemp tax cut. Then I watched President Reagan and voted with him when he raised taxes three times after that because he was a responsible fellow. He raised taxes three times after that out of necessity. I also was here--and we talked about World War II. The President says this is the equivalent of World War II. My friends talk about World War II. We raised taxes through the ceiling in World War II. I don't know whether they didn't teach the same history in Oklahoma and Iowa as they did in Delaware, but we raised taxes in World War II. Also, this notion about all these other programs--the Senator, because he is so busy and has extensive responsibilities on his side of the aisle, did not have an opportunity--he didn't miss much--to hear my speech on the front end. There are two purposes in my doing this: One is to unite this Nation, for everybody to get in on the deal. Many other people are being asked to sacrifice. You know, this is a war. People are dying. Some people are sacrificing.”