Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague Congressman Good, and I appreciate the words of wisdom of my colleague Ralph Norman. Mr. Speaker, let me begin with an uplifting statement. God is still on the throne, and we, his humble children, have a responsibility to be worthy of his love and grace and the anointing of what it is to be an American citizen. Every generation of Americans has risen to face the challenge and threat that our Nation has endured now 240 years. In our generation, one of the most insidious threats that we face is the degree of debt that we have allowed, in my generation, our Nation to assume. We now face a $33 trillion debt. That is $33,000 billion. Mr. Speaker, if this body were to balance the budget--which is our goal, by the way. It is why we are here tonight addressing this Chamber and the Nation that we love, standing shoulder to shoulder with each other so that our words are forever inscribed on the historical record of our country, that some stood to fight for the future of our Republic, to restore fiscal sanity to this body. Were this body to produce a balanced budget and we were to run a $1 billion surplus, Mr. Speaker, it would require 33,000 years to address a $33 trillion debt with a $1 billion surplus, and 1 billion is 1,000 million. Every American has imagined, well, what would I do if I had a million dollars? I would pay off my house, settle my debts, take care of my family, build mother-in-law a house.…”