Political Quotes

“the clean-up efforts along the gulf coast are now fully under way. The flood waters of New Orleans are receding, and we are shifting our focus from saving lives to restoring lives. In the past 2 weeks, Congress has allocated a little over $60 billion in disaster relief. It is the right thing to do; yet some here in Washington have questioned whether it is money well spent. Others even question whether we should rebuild New Orleans at all. And even after witnessing the horrors of Katrina's aftermath, some say they want to proceed with the tax cut for the wealthiest 1 percent in this country, all the while cutting Medicaid, educational programs, and environmental programs. Ironically, many of these are the same individuals who have vocally and unequivocally supported aid and the funding requests for rebuilding Iraq. We should be responsible with the people's tax dollars; but we cannot have two set of books, two sets of priorities, one for the United States and for Iraq. Here is what we need to do to begin to restore the lives of the people in New Orleans and the rest of the gulf coast: These Americans need health care, housing, education, clean water. And yet what is the President's budget for this year? A $60 billion cut in Medicaid, a $4.3 billion cut in educational programs, a $1.6 billion cut to police and firefighters, a $330 million cut to the Army Corps of Engineers, a $450 million cut to the Environmental Protection Agency.…”