Political Quotes

“I could not agree more. There are certain issues the Senate should take up and take up as quickly as possible. We face some serious challenges, not the least of which relate to Social Security and Medicare. The Social Security trust fund, which many of us made solemn oaths and pledges never to touch, is about to be invaded by both political parties at this point in time because of the deficit we face. We are in a deficit situation after several years of the good experience of surpluses and reducing our national debt and reducing the debt of the Social Security trust fund because, frankly, we have run into some bad situations and also some bad decisions. We could not have anticipated the recession would go on this long, but it has. We certainly didn't anticipate September 11, which has been very costly to our Government. Last year the President convinced a majority of the Senate and the House to vote for a tax program which, in fact, has virtually decimated the surplus which had been predicted.”