Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I guess we are just going to have to be fact-checking all night long. Once again, the gentlewoman said that we are slashing $800 million from the WIC program. Now, maybe this is new math. Maybe this is why our public schools are failing our children, but $6.0 billion this year, our amount, is exactly the same as the $6.0 billion last year--6.0 minus 6.0, for those of you watching on TV, take note, is exactly the same. It is not $800 million less. Now, I think I heard that we are taking this down to FY 2000 funding levels. Well, that is interesting because we just looked up the FY 2000 funding levels, and the ag bill was funded at $14 billion. We are funding it at $25 billion. Now, again, this might be new math, 14 might be more than 25, maybe in some alternate universe. That is the way this government functions. It is in an alternate universe. It doesn't understand what every American family knows: Inflation is what our problem is. Inflation is driven by out-of-control government spending, by a $2 trillion deficit, and then we are accused of cutting spending to the FY 2000 levels. Again, for those who weren't paying attention the first time, FY 2000, look it up. It is easy. Google it--$14 billion. Our bill, $25 billion. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”