Political Quotes

“as we debate the budget today on the House floor, I urge my colleagues to ask the question: Which budget alternative meets the needs of the middle-class family? The Republican alternative has middle-class tax relief. The Democrat budget continues the President's higher taxes and spending of the future generations of the middle class' own money. The Republican alternative includes spending for anticrime measures. The Democrat alternatives does not. The Republican budget pays for real health care reform. The majority budget does not. The Republican budget includes welfare reform. The President still does not even have a welfare reform plan. The Republican budget cuts spending first, by slashing spending $152 billion more than the Democrat budget alternative. Mr. Speaker, the choice is clear. If you want middle-class tax relief, anticrime measures, health care reform, welfare reform, and real deficit reduction, you will support the Republican budget. If you want the status quo, you will vote for the Clinton budget.”