Political Quotes

“I rise in support of the comments made by the majority leader. I was in Chicago over the weekend, and downstate as well in Illinois, and saw these gasoline prices and understand the hardship they cause. At a BP filling station in Chicago near Lawrence and Lake Shore Drive, I ran into a man who is a plumber who has a van and goes from job to job. He said it is not unusual now for him to spend over $100 a week on gasoline. Of course, that is taking away money he could have brought home for his family. It is a real hardship on him. He kind of smiled and chuckled and said: They do it to us every year, don't they. That is true, Madam President. Whether we are talking about the situation in New Hampshire or Illinois, we can predict the rights of spring in America: the opening of the baseball season, Easter egg hunts, Seder dinners for Passover, and skyrocketing gasoline prices. Then there are the excuses. There is always an excuse: Oh, we had to switch from winter to summer. We didn't see that coming. Oh, there is a problem in the Middle East. Whatever it is, any excuse will do, and the gasoline prices go up. We can do something about it, and we should. The majority leader is right. We accept the challenge of Speaker John Boehner who said in New York: Let's make a serious effort to deal with this deficit. Well, we have a great downpayment: $21 billion we can take off the deficit. We can take it away from a group that does not need it.…”