Political Quotes

“there is not a more aggressive leader in terms of how we deal with the budgetary challenges in this body than the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm). Both sides of the aisle will tell us in the corridors of this Chamber that the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm) has provided leadership that is unique, courageous; and the greatest compliment that one can have here is when they say that someone tells the truth. Even when we are into debate openly, many will not give credit for those terms; but the gentleman from Texas has earned that right, and I thank him very much, my friend and colleague, for his input and for his leadership to those of us who are new in the Blue Dog Coalition in terms of telling us how to communicate the urgencies at hands. I thank the gentleman for his input and for allowing me this time to manage the time tonight. It is a great honor for me. I will continue on my points that I was outlining before I turned it over to my colleagues, and the third point is that the deterioration of the budget outlook demonstrates the danger of making commitments based on uncertain budget projections, as I began my remarks tonight of how we have embraced this 10-year projected outlook of budgets, debts, obligations, priorities and everything else which I think is a false promise to begin with.”