Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am a little bit tired of hearing ``we inherited.'' We were on the floor today, and we were trying to have some dialogue about jobs and about the economy, and all I heard from the other side of the aisle all-day long was, You guys are the Party of No. You guys don't have any ideas. You guys yadda, yadda, yadda. You guys put us in debt. I left the floor after that a little bit dismayed. When I got to committee, what did I hear in committee the whole time? You guys are the Party of No. You guys left us all this debt. You guys ``this'' and you guys ``that.'' It's a little bit hard to take. You turn your cheek the other way seven times, and then it's seven more times. Sooner or later, somebody ought to set the record straight because, if my colleagues here can be so misinformed--and I'm a freshman. I mean I'm new here, but I know that final budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress. The party that has controlled Congress since January 2007 has been the Democratic Party. I mean it's not rocket science. It's a fact of life. You know, one more time, just a brief civics lesson for anybody who doesn't understand that. I hope there's nobody in this Chamber who doesn't understand that. Final budgets, binding budgets, do not come from the White House. They come from Congress. The party that has controlled Congress since January 2007 has been the Democratic Party.…”