Political Quotes

“It is interesting the gentleman says these bills aren't going to become law. That had no restraint on the gentleman's side of the aisle when that side was in charge in the appropriations bills the gentleman passed in a totally partisan fashion, I would observe. We didn't think they would get past the Senate. They didn't get past the Senate. They didn't become law. There was a compromise made. The gentleman did the same thing. Why? Because the gentleman thought that was, from a policy standpoint, the correct thing to do. We are doing exactly the same thing. Will we have negotiations between the House and the Senate as to levels of spending and other, as the gentleman points out, provisions in the bills? Of course we will. But the assertion that: Why are you passing bills? They won't pass the Senate. I would hope they pass the Senate. I think they are excellent bills. I think they provide for the national security, both on the defense side and on the domestic side. Very frankly, we put defense and labor-health together. Why? Because the gentleman had made that a way to proceed. Why did the gentleman make it a way to proceed? Because those on the other side, for the most part, are hesitant to vote for the levels that we expect are necessary for education and the health of our people. Having said that, when the gentleman says it won't pass the Senate, the gentleman's bills didn't pass the Senate. The gentleman passed them because he thought they were good policy.…”