Political Quotes

“Would the Senator be surprised to know that half of the citizens of this country, half under the age 35 have only witnessed Congress balancing the budget just once? I guess it would not be surprising, given the fact we have seen on so many occasions Congress has avoided that responsibility. As the Senator knows, before the Senate is pending the Daschle amendment, the right-to-know amendment. Do you think it is fair, I would like to ask the Senator, that we would present a budget, according to the Daschle amendment, a balanced budget plan to the American people knowing full well that that might not be the plan in the year 2002 because we have three intervening elections with two Presidential elections, different makeups of Congress, different priorities, different emergencies that might arise? If we only recall what has happened in the 7 years since 1988, we can only appreciate what might happen over the next 7 years. Under the Daschle amendment, we are being asked to set forth a balanced budget plan, right to know, send it out to all the States accompanying the ratification of the constitutional amendment.”