Political Quotes

“I think it is appropriate, as the gentleman says, that the American people have the facts and have the truth. First, let me say to my friend--and I mean that sincerely; Mr. Weldon and I are close friends; we work closely together on a number of issues--that I think my portrayal was accurate. First, I would ask my friend if he knows that the President--forget about continuing resolutions, forget about the actions of the House, forget about the actions of the Senate--if my friend is aware of the fact that in the budgets that Presidents Reagan and Bush transmitted to Congress their administrations wrote, untouched by Democrats, and asked for more spending than the Congress appropriated. Is my friend aware of that?”