Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleague for bringing this amendment forward. I rise in strong support of the amendment. Mr. Chairman, we are talking about appropriations bills, and, of course, people across the country are concerned, as we are, about the fact that our country is spending money we don't have. Washington spends almost 40 cents of every dollar with borrowed money. This is money we are borrowing from countries like China, ironically, and then here you have an amendment that highlights the fact that we are spending money through the National Science Foundation on grants to study the effects of global warming on tea grown in China. I mean, is this part of the deal that we cut with China when they loan us money to continue deficit spending? This is ludicrous. This is a classic example of wasteful Washington spending. And I commend, again, the gentleman for bringing this amendment because there are opportunities we have to highlight areas of wasteful Washington spending where we should at least be able to agree, as Republicans and Democrats, that every single dollar we are looking at we ought to ask the first question: Is this program--is this program worth borrowing money not only from countries like China, but borrowing money from our children? Our children are going to have to pay for these bills.…”