Political Quotes

“I am outraged at the manner in which the earthquake victims are being exploited by some in Congress. I will vote for this bill because the people of California need it, but I stand with the people of this country who are upset with abusing their tax dollars in using the earthquake relief bill as a vehicle for adding on projects not related to the earthquake and which have not cleared the normal budgetary process. How can we justify spending $10 million on rebuilding Penn Station, unless that place has been relocated from New York City to Los Angeles? This is not a train wreck--it is an earthquake. Or spending $1.3 million on grants for two sugar cane mills in Hawaii to address social and economic needs there. I did not think a volcano erupted--I thought it was an earthquake. The reason people of this country are upset with Congress is because of these antics, and it is time they come to an end.”