Political Quotes

“Thank you very much, Mr. Levin. The gentleman just raised the issue in question. He said, let me tell you what this is about. Well, let me tell you what this is about. I just came from the Holyoke Soldiers Home this morning; 287 veterans. I represent the North Hampton veterans hospital. That's what this vote is about. The gentlelady from Tennessee, I wish she was here on January 20 of 2001 when that political party spent their day and night saying, yes, Mr. President, to George Bush. They went along with everything he said. They never even bothered to read article I of the Constitution. This vote is about one thing and one thing only: paying your bills. They ran up the debt, and now they don't want to pay their bills. January 19, 2001, Bill Clinton said goodbye to the country, a $5.7 trillion surplus on hand, $2.3 trillion in tax cuts, a war in Iraq over weapons of mass destruction, a drug prescription benefit called part D, and they are talking about who owes the bill? This is about responsibility. This is about those VA centers. This is about those men and women in Iraq that need to be equipped with the best possible weaponry. This is about paying the credit card bill that has come in from what they did for all of those years. I would debate any member of the Republican Party--you choose the forum--in the House or the Senate, and we will go through what those 8 years were about. Count me in.”