Political Quotes

“Well, again I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Gingrey) for reminding me about some of the earmarks that we have out there. And the list is long. And my point on this is the American people can make that list a lot longer. And at least in theory, any piece of appropriation that comes across this floor that makes it through the process should have the majority support of the House of Representatives. It ought to have the majority support of the United States Senate. We ought to agree on that number, and it should go to the President for his signature. That is the process that is structured within our constitution. That is the process as the American people envision it. That is the process that we are struggling to attain here, that will not be, even presumed to be happening tomorrow when this--not a CR, but this omnibus spending bill which is a catch-all for every single appropriation that goes into discretionary spending for the rest of--until the first day of October is when this is over. And, again, I am so sorry for the freshmen who come here that right now don't know any better, and they aren't even outraged.”