Political Quotes

“Mr. President, thank you to the ranking member of the Budget Committee for his leadership. We are doing something a little unusual. First of all, every Democrat is united on the vote that will occur 26 or 27 hours from now. Second of all, almost every U.S. Senator on the Democratic side is going to come to the floor to articulate why we are united and why we think this moment is so important. If confirmed, the Director of OMB, Russ Vought, may well be the most important man that no one has ever heard of. Under normal circumstances, the OMB Directors are powerful but kind of anonymous because they are responsible for technical things, nerdy things-- developing and implementing the entire Federal budget, and they advance the priorities of the President, whomever--Democrat or Republican. But Russ Vought wants to go way beyond that. He wants to take an Agency that people outside of Washington haven't even heard of and turn it into the nerve center and power center of the Federal Government. He wants to consolidate power at OMB in such a stark and sometimes illegal way that he alone will get to decide who deserves the government's help and who doesn't. You do not have to take my word for it. I am a Democrat. I always want to make the case for our side. But I want you to understand these are his words, because he is one of the authors of Project 2025.…”