Political Quotes

“My friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Beilenson], who I think is a very able man, has mentioned that this would be demeaning to the President to ask him to submit a balanced budget. I do not think it is demeaning at all. He campaigned on it. We have submitted our balanced budget. He has found tremendous fault with that, which is his prerogative, but we need to have a dialog. It is very difficult to engage in discourse, dialogue, and negotiation when the goalposts keep getting moved back every time we get close. That is our great frustration. If we could have the president to submit his budget, we submit ours, and then we could move, I think that would help and further the negotiation. I would just say to my friend, the gentleman from New York, there is nothing really to prevent the government from opening fully on Monday if this were to pass, if the President were to embrace already one of the plans that has been submitted by different Democratic groups in the Congress.”