Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, Americans are bewildered about what is happening in our Nation today. Americans who actually work have deep concerns about the future of our country. It is incredible to observe, from my perspective as a humble constitutionalist servant within this august body, exactly what is going on with my colleagues across the aisle and our newly inaugurated executive branch. We have moved from policies out of our executive that put America first to policies out of the President's administration to put America last. We are facing $31 trillion in debt. Let me help my American brothers and sisters who work very hard to earn their living and have portions of their income seized and sent to Washington, D.C., let me help them get their head wrapped around $31 trillion in debt. If this body, which is responsible constitutionally for all Federal spending, were to run a $1 billion surplus in a fiscal year--meaning we spent $1 billion less in Federal expenditures than we took in Federal revenue, $1 billion--it would require 31,000 years of a $1 billion surplus to address a $31 trillion debt. A trillion is a thousand billion, and a billion is a thousand million. It is insane what is being presented as fiscal responsibility out of the Biden administration's White House in their budget request.…”