Political Quotes

“Mr. President, right before lunch, I laid the groundwork for this amendment, so let me quickly summarize. This is one of a series of amendments that conservatives are bringing to the floor that go to our central challenge of reining in uncontrolled spending and debt. Clearly, we face a monumental challenge in this country from the fact that we are on an unsustainable path right now of Federal spending and debt. Clearly, this endangers our future. We are used to talking about it as a threat to our kids and grandkids--something that will come home to roost years from now. Sadly, in the last several years, it has grown to much more than that. It is such an unsustainable path that it yields the possibility of a crisis within weeks or months or a couple of years. So we cannot kick the can down the road. We cannot fail to act now. We must change the fiscal path we are on to protect not just future generations but our country as we know it right now. In that spirit, a number of fiscal conservatives are coming to the floor to offer spending and debt amendments, and I am honored to be associated with that group. We will see other Senators come down, including Senator Cornyn and Senator Rubio, Senator DeMint, Senator Paul, and others, with other spending and debt amendments. Amendment No. 178 is a very simple, straightforward idea. It would mandate that the Federal Government, in an orderly way, begin to get rid of billions of dollars worth of unused or underused Federal property.…”