Political Quotes

“I thank Senator Johnson. I am glad our Republican freshmen did not get the memo that they were supposed to be seen but not heard. It is exciting for this old dusty establishment when the people who just walked in the door are the ones who are leading it. So I thank all the freshmen who are sitting here. Washington is addicted to spending, and the ``addict in chief'' is President Obama. He has promised many times to quit, to quit spending, to live within our means, but he keeps falling off the wagon. Now, for the fourth time since he has been President, he is asking Congress to refill the bottle so he can keep spending and keep borrowing and keep increasing America's debt. Members of the Senate often brag about the fact that we have the power of the purse. Part of that power is to pass laws to limit how much the administration can borrow. It has been a tradition. But both parties over the years have consistently blown through that legal debt limit and increased it whenever we wanted another drink. The debt limit is supposed to be a stop sign, to stop the administration from spending more than we can afford as a nation. Instead, they have turned it into a green light, where we can just speed through and continue to pour more and more debt onto our children. But now we have gone from it being just a wink and a nod, where we brag about how much bacon we take home to we are at the point where we could seriously lose our Nation. I think Americans sense that everywhere.…”