Political Quotes

“I was here for the 4 years under President Bush, and I do not think that even the Republican Party ever voted for one of his budgets, and most of the time they were not presented. That is the normal around here. We usually iron this thing out over here anyway. The other thing is with respect to my friend from Kentucky, the deficit goes up in whatever budget we pass here on the table at the end of the 7 years anyway. We are going to have to go through this again, or whatever Congress is in session then is going to have to do this all over again at the end of our budgets if we want to continue to work on the debt at that point in time. The other thing is, I guess, again to my good friend from Georgia, on the appropriation bills, the appropriation bills flow from the budget itself. And the President is saying 'I disagree with the overall budget that you folks have presented here. And so, therefore, I cannot really sign appropriation bills that conform themselves to that budget, if I disagree with the budget overall.'”