Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I want to remind our friends on the other side that in the past when they did bring the bill up on suspension, it failed, and yet when you did on one occasion bring it up on regular order, it did pass. We all have to work hard to listen to the will of the American people. Yesterday, Speaker Pelosi herself said, ``Our consensus is that we go out there listening to the American people. It's about jobs. It's about reducing the deficit.'' Yet today, here we are again being asked to increase the deficit by another $12 billion. That's another $160 in debt for every family of four in the United States, just for 3 months of benefits under one program, all on top of the $2.8 trillion in debt we have racked up since President Obama took office, a 44 percent increase. {time} 1310 The question, Madam Speaker, is, Is the Speaker really listening to the American people? Because what we heard earlier this month is that people want us to provide help to those in need but not add to the mountain of debt that we are currently leaving to our children and grandchildren. The sad thing--again, I repeat--the sad thing, we could have achieved both goals today. The Congressional Budget Office has informed us there is enough unspent stimulus spending that we can cut to cover the additional spending in this bill. It's just unconscionable that the other side has not heard the American people about the concerns about unfettered debt passed on to our children and grandchildren. Again, Mr.…”