Political Quotes

“I congratulate all my colleagues for the wonderful job they have done in bringing the true message about the budget and the fiscal problems we have in this country today to the American people. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to engage my colleague, the gentleman from New Hampshire [Mr. Zeliff], the honorable chair of the Subcommittee on National Security of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, in a colloquy. Mr. Chairman, I know we have a lot of things to talk about tonight. I know we have a lot of numbers, we have graphs to show the American public, but before we get into that I would like to thank you as your vice chairman on our subcommittee for the leadership you have shown with respect to what is in my mind the most important issue confronting this country today, the drug epidemic that drives so many of our social problems in our country. This was what in past days would have been referred to as a reform school, but we have privatized it and the vendor there is doing a good job.”