Political Quotes

“I taught high school for a couple of years, and when you don't make a decision, you have made a decision. Even though you don't have a policy, you in fact have a policy. Our debate is that when the Democrats promised us, when Speaker Pelosi promised us, and I quote, ``Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices''; and when Majority Leader Steny Hoyer promised, ``Democrats believe that we can do more for the American people who are struggling to deal with his gas prices,'' well, they sure did more. They just burdened struggling citizens with higher gas prices. When you don't have a plan, the plan that you have is a plan for failure. This is a planned failure, $58 to $115. Facts are hard things to dispute. Gasoline prices, $2.33, $3.65. That is Speaker Pelosi's plan to bring down skyrocketing gas prices. They are skyrocketing gas prices but they are not being brought down. They are continuing to go up. So Monday we had truckers driving around Washington, D.C. protesting the high cost of diesel fuel. I have got independent truckers going bankrupt.”