Political Quotes

“first I want to concur in the comments that the gentleman from South Carolina made a little earlier, and that is we need to look first to 1993, to the Deficit Reduction Act that was passed under the leadership of President Clinton and the Democrats in Congress, for why we are able to reach this point today. I am very pleased that the final chapter we are doing in a bipartisan manner, the passage of these two bills. There are many reasons to support it. We are at last going to have a balanced budget, and we are going to protect the priorities that are important for the future growth of this Nation. Let me just mention some of the specifics that are in this bill for why the Members should support it: First, the Medicare, we are providing for 10-year solvency, additional solvency of the Medicare system, improving benefits to our seniors in preventive health care and access to emergency care. Our academic centers will be getting some badly needed relief to make sure that we have excellence in health care in this country. Twenty-four billion dollars to expand health care for our children. This bill acknowledges the special needs of Amtrak and capital involvement, and the welfare bill from last year has changed to provide more resources for welfare to work and to remove some of the punitive aspects against legal immigrants. It is a good bill. I urge my colleagues to support it.”