Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are moving forward now on the consideration of Congressman Mick Mulvaney, the President's nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, which is an enormous responsibility and which often directs the traffic of what is going to happen in all of the agencies and directs traffic as to what legislation the White House is going to be working on and working with the Congress on. This is an enormous responsibility and a very powerful position. When looking for someone to lead this agency, we have to carefully consider the person's record. The Presiding Officer is someone who is practical, who is a military officer, and who understands a lot about human nature, as I hope this Senator from Florida does, and what I suspect that both of us have found is that you can often tell where a fellow is going by where he has been. Let's look at Congressman Mulvaney's record on everything from things like Social Security and Medicare. Let's look at what his record is on climate change and sea level rise, and, oh, by the way, of particular note to the gentleman presiding in the Chair, what is his record on defense spending. Office of Management and Budget is going to have a great deal to say about what is in the budget with regard to any kind of spending, but let's see what he has said with regard to defense spending. Congressman Mulvaney has advocated for raising the retirement age for Social Security to 70.…”