Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Madam Chairman, the disasters which we have witnessed in America in the last 12 months have demonstrated extraordinary acts of courage by Americans and extraordinary acts of political perfidy by this House of Representatives. Today we are debating whether or not we are going to make substantial cuts in essential services in the Federal Government so that the victims of the California earthquake, who are looking for shelter and food, will receive our assistance. Those who argue that they are showing courage today by putting the fate of these victims on the line, I think, overstate the case. I think what they are suggesting in terms of cuts, in terms of essential services, are wrong, dead wrong. To cut 581 employees from the Food and Drugs Administration means, for every American family within the sound of my voice, we will not see drug approvals coming through as they should; approvals of medical devices to help people who are suffering; the inspection of mammography clinics, and inspection of those laboratories which are life and death in terms of the future of America's health. That is what we will sacrifice if the Penny-Kasich amendment passes. To do that in the name of helping earthquake victims, I think, is dead wrong. It is morally wrong for us to create this choice.”