Political Quotes

“Madam President, the President presented to Congress a budget. It is the annual process or ritual where the President makes the first move, presenting a budget, and then Congress responds. The House and the Senate come up with a budget resolution within the confines of the President's spending and decide how to spend money. We are now at that phase. But I want to say a word about what the President suggested and what we are hearing from across the Rotunda from the House Republicans. The President understands we have two challenges as a nation. The first is to create more jobs because we have too many people out of work. Secondly, we need to reduce our deficit. It seems they are cross- purposes, but they do not have to be. The President is trying to chart a course that moves us forward in a responsible way, cutting spending where it will not hurt economic recovery and growth and investing with the Federal funds we will spend in programs that count. He has talked about an agenda for more education, more innovation, more infrastructure, and economic growth. That is the appropriate balance. However, when we look at what the Republicans have done in the House of Representatives, we see they have ignored that balance. They believe just cutting spending by itself, without concern about the impact, is best for America's future, but it defies our common human experience.…”