Political Quotes

“Reclaiming my time. I said I had voted for balanced budget amendments in the past when I spoke on the floor, and I said that I rose not to oppose the constitutional amendment, but to deride it. It was such a politically patently dishonest effort to pretend that you are for a balanced budget. And guess who said that? Mr. Massie, a member of your caucus; Mr. Meadows, the chairman of your Freedom Caucus; and Senator Corker from Tennessee. They all said that, that it was not a real item, yet we spent all of yesterday working on a document that you knew, Republicans knew, everybody knew was not a real effort and would not pass. We spent all day doing that. That is what I said. Yes, I have, in the `90s, supported a budget amendment which would restrain us from acting without paying for what we buy. Your side of the aisle, in my opinion, does not like to pay for what you buy, but you want to buy things because you spend as much money in your budgets as we spend--maybe on different things. But this side, I want to tell the majority leader, do not run out that canard--Mr. Speaker, I say to the majority leader--that Democrats do not support national security. We do, and the votes prove it. You had 90 of your Members vote against the agreement. I voted against it as well. I voted against it because we did not reach an agreement, and I am going to get to that issue in just a second. The gentleman knows I feel very strongly about it.…”