Political Quotes

“The question is: Do we want to pay for spending and tax cuts or do we want to pass this burden off on our children? Will we run the government like there is no limit to our debts or will we act responsibly, and work to balance our books? The other body has passed responsible pay as you go rules thanks to bipartisan support, especially from the delegation representing my home State of Maine. The State of Maine is full of small business owners, farmers, and fisherman--working families that must balance their own books. Pay as you go budget rules should allow us the opportunity to work in that same bipartisan way here in Washington. Nearly all of us can agree that we need to return the budget to balance. The American people know, and we know that we cannot run deficits in excess of $230 billion year after year. The best way that we can do this is to make sure that any policy that would increase the deficit is paid for. I urge my colleagues in both parties to pass this motion and show the American people that we will work to balance the books.”