Political Quotes

“This bill has been on the docket for about 6 weeks trying to bring it together. In this bill is $14 billion-plus for our men and women who fight the war in Afghanistan and around the world. In this bill is $5 billion for New York so that they can recoup and rebuild their city for the losses they got on September 11. In this bill is $7 billion for defense against terrorism in this country, air marshals, police, things to make this country safer so that we can travel, so that we can live our lives. There is a lot of debate and a lot of demagoguery that goes on in a place like this. But there are times when you need to move forward, pass legislation, get it done and do the right thing. Do we need eventually to raise the debt ceiling in this country? You know we have to do that. There is not one person in the room who will deny that that has to be done. We need to do it for our own good. We also need to do it on mandatory and discretionary spending if we want to do the things in health care and prescription drugs that is right for this country.”