Political Quotes

“it is always fun to have these debates. We ought to at least start out with our facts straight, though. For the last 10 years, spending per veteran under Republican leadership has doubled. In the last 10 years, spending budget authority for veterans medical care nearly doubled going from $16.2 billion to $31 billion. Facts are stubborn things, my friend. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry). Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida, the elder statesman, Mr. Putnam, and I as a Member of the House can say that to my good friend, Mr. Putnam. Today I want to quote from the ranking member on the Budget Committee: ``A budget is a statement of moral choices, and this budget makes the wrong choices, cutting education, Medicare and Medicaid and barely funding the bold initiatives that the President set out in his State of the Union. Its greatest moral fault is that it leaves our children a legacy of debt and an even heavier burden to bear as the baby boomers begin to retire.'' That is from the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spratt), the ranking member on the House Budget Committee. The fault in his quote there, Mr. Speaker, is that we are not cutting education. We are not cutting Medicare. We are not cutting Medicaid. These things are absolutely off base.…”