Political Quotes

“today we gather in this House, we have things pretty good; but sometimes when things are too rosy, we lose track of where we are headed, and maybe what we ought to be looking at. The surplus is certainly something that we are glad to have, and I think that Members of this body who have supported good policy over the last few years can take credit for that. But in the President's address, I think something that is so badly needed that was lacking was how are we going to pay off the debt? The President's address should be entitled, ``The Return of Big Government.'' He declared the era of big government over just a couple of years ago, and now he is back with guns blazing: The return of big government. We need to save Social Security, we need to reduce the debt, and we need to return to the American taxpayers some of the overpayment they are making.”