Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, here we are, the government has shut down. It's amazing some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have political amnesia, sort of revisionist history. Let's just look at some of the facts. The other side of the aisle, the Democrats, took over in 2008. We haven't had a Federal budget since 2008. The only way we got a budget this year from the United States Senate was a provision that the Republicans passed: ``No budget, no pay.'' We had to force them by passing a law and embarrassing them to pass a budget. How did we get in this situation? And this is a very critical financial situation for the United States of America, for all Americans. The shutdown is very unfortunate, but sometimes you have to take dramatic steps to move forward. We got in this situation because the other side--controlling the House, the Senate, and the White House in 2008--went on a spending binge unprecedented in the history of mankind in any government. The first year they spent more than $1.5 trillion more than we took in. From 2008 to current, we went from a $9 trillion deficit to $17 trillion; nearly doubled it in 5 years--every year spending out of control. {time} 1115 We put the brakes on a bit. This is about funding the government for this next year that starts today. In 2 weeks, we will reach the maximum limit of the indebtedness of the United States. We can't let the United States become a Greece or a deadbeat nation.…”