Political Quotes

“The gentleman rests his case because it is Tuesday. But last week, he was dictating to the States. And tomorrow he will be dictating to the States. In fact, he has a quote of the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Gephardt], although he does say, ``if'' we are going to block grant it. I am going to finish my response to the gentleman. He said, ``if'' we block grant it. If means maybe we will and maybe we will not. First let me say, I also have a quotation, though, which is much more to the point, from the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich], which takes exactly the opposite position. We have Mr. Gingrich saying: If we have to choose between paying for directed purposes, such as building prisons, I can defend that. What I cannot defend is sending a blank check to local politicians across the country for them to decide how to spend it. So you have a conditional statement from the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Gephardt]. I have a flat statement from the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich]. I think in the trade the gentleman owes me an inconsistency to be named later. The point is that the Republican position on this is wholly inconsistent.”