Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, it has been an honor to work with the chairman of the Budget Committee as a new Member of Congress because it is such a learning curve to understand the challenges that we have in our country in so many ways, but especially on the fiscal side of things. I would like to spend my time talking to my grandchildren right now. I am talking to your grandchildren as well. In the last 48 hours, I have had an opportunity--it was more of a responsibility--to chat with my grandchildren about the horrific events that occurred in Las Vegas. When you are 8 or 16, you assimilate those things in different ways. I talk to them a lot about responsibility for behavior, responsibility for money, and responsibility for their own lifestyles. I talked to them today to say that we are not going to put you into the debt hole caused by the spending that has occurred over the last decades in this country. We are not going to pass that along to you, because the hole is only getting deeper and more extensive, and we are passing it along to those next generations. Not only is it not right, it is morally wrong and absolutely irresponsible. We have to ask ourselves the questions: If not now, then when do we begin to bend the spending curve? If we don't do it, then who will? We know that mandatory spending within our grandchildren's lifetime will eclipse almost, if not, 100 percent of the Federal budget.…”