Political Quotes

“I remember my father saying, ``Don't start a job you can't finish.'' Well, that is what we are doing, if we are not careful. It is my hope that we can come together and resolve the differences before we throw in the towel. I am not a quitter. I want to do everything possible that we can to come to a positive end. Circumstances have changed drastically since we enacted the budget last year, the Republican budget last year. The projections turned out to be too optimistic. Revenues are much lower than expected, and we face tremendous new expenses for homeland defense and the war on terrorism and a possible war with Iraq. But we have got to acknowledge that there is a problem. New situations call for new solutions. Do not point fingers at each other and say it will work itself out. We came here to do a job, the greatest deliberative body in the world, to debate the very differences that we have. Can we not as reasonable people reach a resolve on behalf of the American people, whom we are going to ask in a few days to reelect us? It is shameful if we cannot.”