Political Quotes

“I find it astounding that we are cutting taxes for some of the wealthiest people in America, and at the same time, telling soldiers at Fort Hood in central Texas, right next to the Crawford ranch, you have to go off and fight for our country, but by the way, as they are getting on the plane, give them a note, we are going to cut your children's education fund. We hear a lot of talk, and I will finish with this, about values in Washington, D.C., and family values. But I think we in public office should be judged not by rhetoric, but by our record and by the priorities we set in the Federal budget. There is something wrong with the values of an administration that would propose cutting impact military education funds not to pay for a war against Iraq, but to pay for the tax dividend for the other constituent of mine who said he made $1 million in dividend income last year, and because this administration does not want him to pay one dime in taxes, will get a $335,000 tax cut.”