Political Quotes

“Yesterday, the President submitted a very modest but responsible budget request. It contains a host of very good ideas that should move this country forward and that this Congress ought to embrace. For example, on both sides of the aisle, we agree that we ought to eliminate the waste of resources. But the greatest waste of resources is the waste of human potential, and it starts in the earliest years. So the President would extend access to prekindergarten education for all of our children, because he knows that that will enable us to have a far more prosperous economy and a more cohesive society, and he would pay for it with revenue from tobacco taxes--a great idea. Similarly, he would take the $4 billion in subsidies we give the oil and gas industry and invest it in new and cleaner alternative energy. He would take $300 billion and invest it in surface infrastructure. I was just over in Uzbekistan this month. They have a faster, more modern rail system than we do, as does China. Those are the kinds of good ideas that can move this country forward that this Congress should embrace. ____________________”