Political Quotes

“Having been involved, of course, in this last election, I certainly understood the concerns of the people of my State of Maine, which was that we needed to be accountable for our actions and to be fiscally responsible. People are no longer prepared to accept the notion we were going to continue with the economic as well as the political status quo. They understand we have not been accountable fiscally in the past. They are concerned not only about their own futures; they are concerned about their children's futures, as well. They know the impact of the deficit has affected their standard of living, whether it is through loss of jobs, the loss of productivity, the loss of savings that allowed this country to grow--it has prevented us from making the necessary investments in our infrastructure so we can invest in the future of this country. We cannot grow if the pie is getting smaller because we are consuming greater and greater pieces of that pie to pay the interest on our growing national debt. The American people understand that.”