Political Quotes

“the cleanup effort along the gulf coast is now fully underway. The floodwaters of New Orleans have receded. We are shifting our focus to rebuilding and restoring lives as we all watch as another hurricane is on its way, and obviously put this work on hold as we again once again not only evacuate that part of the coast but also parts of Texas. Congress has allocated more than $60 billion in disaster relief. It was the right thing to do, but with some estimates as high as $200 billion, some here are questioning whether or not we can afford rebuilding given our fiscal situation. I would like to remind some of my colleagues that a number of us mentioned that we may get into a situation where we could have a crisis and we should be able to handle as a country the condition and economic condition, and we already have over $7 trillion of debt. In the last 5 years this Congress has added nearly $2 trillion to America's debt. China and Japan have become our bankers. And now we are in dire straits where we cannot help Americans unless we write $200 billion in hot checks. This Congress is becoming known as the Congress of hot checks. That is all we do. We got a problem, we write hot checks around here. Now the truth is, some Members of Congress have written $400 billion for the effort in Iraq, hot checks. Now we say we cannot pay for our own Americans, $200 billion to rebuild their lives, rebuild their communities, and restore their families unless we find ways to cut.…”