Political Quotes

“I do not believe that it is cluttering up the Constitution of the United States to say that we will rely upon the resources we have available to us in our own generation, except to the extent that we either make a determination there is an emergency or a capital need. I congratulate the gentleman from West Virginia for whose amendment I voted, to make an expenditure that the next generation will use a legitimate capital expenditure exempt from the limitations of this amendment. I do not believe it clutters up the Constitution to say that we will exercise fiscal discipline and not impose upon the next generation the expenditures of this generation. That is, indeed, as Thomas Jefferson and others have been quoted, repeatedly, a fundamental issue. I am a ``tax-tax, spend-spend'' Democrat. Let me make that clear, and let my opponents make of it what they will. I am prepared to say to my constituents, I believe the following items are important for investment by our Government. And I do not believe they are free, and rarely do I vote against a bill to raise revenues to pay for those objectives that I believe are important.”