Political Quotes

“First, on what Senator Simpson says about those of us who are sponsoring this, there was a release by the National Taxpayers Union that took cosponsorship of legislation and added that up, and I looked like a huge spender because, among other things, I am cosponsoring two different health care bills. Total that up, and it is a huge amount. I asked my staff to total the appropriations that we voted on and the appropriations cuts last year for the total year. On that, I end up one of the top third in the Senate in terms of cuts in appropriations. It may be of interest to this body that the No. 1 person in the U.S. Senate in terms of voting for appropriations cuts is our colleague, Senator Herb Kohl, from Wisconsin, who is a cosponsor of the balanced budget amendment. Second, Mr. President, I want to enter into the Record at this point a column by George Will that was printed this morning in the Washington Post.”