Political Quotes

“looking beyond all the rhetoric for a moment, we have a responsibility here as the elected stewards of the people's treasury to deliver a budget that honors our values and keeps our promises--and the proposal put together by my good friend from Wisconsin, Mr. Ryan, does exactly that. Sadly, the Democrat majority has squandered its first opportunity in over a decade to set our fiscal priorities. Despite the pledges of fiscal responsibility that echoed through this chamber at the start of this Congress, it did not take long for the heirs of tax-and-spend liberalism to return to their roots. Just a few weeks into the new Congress, the majority took a victory lap for passing an omnibus spending bill that contained about $500 million in hidden earmarks. And then last week, they patted themselves on the back for loading up an emergency troop funding bill with enough pork barrel projects to make Donald Trump blush. And if it was not enough to use our young men and women in combat as oxen to carry that wagon load of pork across the President's desk, this budget will saddle their generation with a greater tax burden to bear and unbearable choices to make. The Democrat budget takes the tax hammer to 115 million Americans-- from married couples and families with children to senior citizens and small business owners. We have got millions of Floridians filing their 2006 tax returns right now--these are folks still in need of significant property tax relief.…”