Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, this time we have a new mantra as we get the March of the Siamese Children on the other side. Each one is programmed to say his little piece when he comes in. This year it is about the tax cuts. That is probably because they want to forget last year's mantra. Last year they were all programmed to come up and tell us how many jobs we would each lose in our districts if we voted for the budget. In fact, that prediction has turned out to be totally and completely wrong, so that all the Republican Members who marched up very carefully and recited what they were told to recite about job loss would like us to forget the unremittingly inaccurate predictions they made about last year's budget. We now have in this budget confirmation that one of the great stage plays of all time will take place here shortly when many of the Members on the other side vote for the balanced budget constitutional amendment, because that, I believe, calls for the budget to be balanced by 2001. Here is the budget presented officially by the Republican Party. Five years from now they call for a deficit of $172.2 billion.”