Political Quotes

“the issue of striker replacement was repugnant to the liberals on the other side. I personally turned on the television and watched the proceedings and watched one of the liberal Democrats object to the bringing up of this bill. The fact is it is the normal process for the House to pass a bill and the Senate to pass a bill and to meet in conference. This bill has never been conferenced, because the bill never got out of the Senate. Now, it is absolutely impossible to draw the conclusion that anybody in the House of Representatives, Republican or Democrat, is responsible for that state of affairs. Mr. Speaker, if I might go on, the DARE Program, it is Safe and Drug- Free Schools. As I pointed out last week, this is a program that has got a wonderful name, an absolutely fantastic name, until you start to understand that in the implementation of that program, it often goes terribly awry. In Talbot County, VA, they spent grant money on disc jockeys and guitarists for a dance, lumber to build steps for an aerobics class, and school administrators spent over $175,000 on a retreat to a St. Michaels resort. I think that is in Maryland on the Eastern Shore. Nice place. Additionally, a single school district in Texas, the Alomar independent school district, received a grant of $13. How many bureaucrats had to get together and huddle in a room for how many weeks to figure out that we have got to give this district a $13 grant?”