Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleague from South Carolina for bringing this budget forward. In fact, this is President Obama's budget. I wouldn't be surprised if President Obama referred to his budget as a ``political stunt.'' If you look at the history of President Obama's budget, which he is legally required to file every year, he is in the sixth year of his Presidency. Do you know that 5 of those 6 years President Obama failed to meet the legal deadline to file his budget? During that 5 out of 6-year period, every single year of those 6 years, President Obama made time to fill out his Final Four brackets. {time} 1530 Now, if his Final Four brackets do about as good as his budget does for the country--because if you look at the President's budget, which we're here debating, and I am speaking against, as my colleague from South Carolina is, the President's budget shows his priorities for the country, just like we are lying about our priorities for the country to get our budget back into balance, to get our economy moving again. What does President Obama do? President Obama raises over $1 trillion in new taxes, job-crushing taxes, that will pull our economy even further back than he has already brought it, but you would think, if you listen to liberal orthodoxy that that $1 trillion is going to get us to a balanced budget, right? They always say they need more money and former taxes to balance the budget. Look what happens, Mr.…”