Political Quotes

“The doctor from Georgia is absolutely right. We held a hearing in my subcommittee on this very topic, and it was very instructive because for the last several weeks we have heard a lot about, oh, my gosh, these giveaways to corporations and how we have to look at them critically. Well, here is a program where we can put $25.5 million back into our deficit reduction by reducing corporate subsidies. The doctor is right, GE doesn't need a subsidy, but they get it through this program. UPS doesn't need a subsidy; they get it through this program. They all make money, millions and billions of dollars, but this program gives them another subsidy. Verizon doesn't need a subsidy, but they get it through this program. They make a lot of money. They make a lot of money. This program subsidizes it. And the gentleman is right, E85 is probably a bad choice. Why are we spending money--money that we have to borrow from the Chinese every day--in order to put E85 pumps around or to convert vehicles to E85 as part of this program? Mr. Chairman, it makes no sense. This is another little contribution we can make. Our constituents have sent us here to deal with the Federal deficit. The doctor makes a contribution, $25.5 million. We held a hearing on this. You know, their press release on one of these was ``green beer for St. Patrick's Day'' because they actually spent money for a beer distributing company to upgrade their trucks. {time} 2000 Last I looked, that business made money.…”