Political Quotes

“I rise in strong support of House Joint Resolution 103 as proposed by my colleagues, Congressman Stenholm and Smith. I am pleased to be a cosponsor of the balanced budget amendment which carries the names and support of so many of our fine colleagues here in the House. Mr. Speaker, I have a fairly simple explanation for why we are where we are today. For far too long, under the leadership of Democrats and Republicans alike, we have had an Administration which told the American people they never had to pay for anything and a legislature which said you never have to do without anything. And the American people bought into both ends of this promise and demanded both; avoid the taxes and tough choices on the revenue side but recoil at any suggestion that a program be cut or eliminated. So here we are with a debt over $4 trillion dollars and annual deficits of some $200 billion depending on the estimates. That is fiscal irresponsibility which must not continue.”