Political Quotes

“I rise today to voice my support for the budget resolution as passed by the House Budget Committee. As a member of the committee who spent many hours drafting this legislation, I know this is a good budget. This budget keeps discretionary spending under the caps established last year. For the first time since 1969, discretionary spending will actually fall under this budget. This committee was able to come up with $3.1 billion in additional cuts beyond the President's proposal, and even with these cuts I believe this budget is effective in carrying out the important initiatives set forth by the President, including crime control and prevention and criminal justice reforms, more funding for Head Start, health research, and job training, and infrastructure improvements. The four substitute budgets being offered today contain some proposals with merit; however, it is my feeling these proposals have not received appropriate scrutiny through the committee process. For instance, two of these substitutes recommend the privatization of the Federal air traffic control and safety system. While this idea and others may be worthwhile, I find it difficult to support such broad reform measures without time for careful examination.”