Political Quotes

“I strongly support, and will be proud to vote for, the Balance Budget Act and the Taxpayer Relief Act. With these two bills, Congress has finally kept the promises made to Americans to balance the budget and to cut their taxes. When I talk to folks back home in Idaho, they always ask the same question: When is Congress going to get its act together and balance the budget and reduce our taxes? These folks aren't asking for much. They just want the Federal Government to stop spending so much of their hard earned money and leave more at home so they can pay their bills and raise their families. Now, when these two bills become law, I can go home I can look them in the eye and say. 'We heard you and we took action.' I am proud to be a member of the Congress that had the discipline and the courage to balance the budget and cut taxes. This is a historic time in Congress. We have stopped the out of control spending frenzy in Washington, DC and have reestablished fiscal responsibility to the Federal Government. We balance the budget by 2002, the first time in nearly 30 years. I was in high school when the budget was last balanced. My daughter just graduated from high school. An entire generation of budget deficit. We must stop accumulating debt for our children and their children to pay. With a national debt of more than $5 trillion its time we balanced the budget. We also provide the first tax cut in 16 years--$96 billion over the next 5 years.”