Political Quotes

“Indeed, I would, if I can reclaim my time. The gentleman full well knows that the LIHEAP program was created at a time of highly escalating energy prices, when the energy prices in this country because of the energy crisis of the 1970's were just running out of sight, and there were some people who felt that the poor people in the colder areas of this country needed that extra assistance. Well, energy prices are now about a third of what they were back then, and, yes, there are always going to be people in need of assistance, but we have hundreds and hundreds of programs of duplicating good intent, which have to be weaned out so that we can cut unnecessary bureaucracy, so we can eliminate the redundancies, so we can return to the taxpayer so much of the money that we have taken from him and so that we can lift the burden of regulation on the people of America. Now, that is just an example. The gentleman from Massachusetts illustrated one program out of many that are affected here. Now, nobody can say that Americans are not compassionate. We are so compassionate we are almost broke, and it is time to get our fiscal situation under control. It is time to begin with this one step toward a balanced budget. Folks, if you do not like these cuts, you are not going to like the ones that come, but we are beginning in the right direction.”