Political Quotes

“I wonder how many Americans feel that there is fraud and abuse, wasteful spending, that there is fat in this Federal Government, that the overspending of the Federal Government is leading us into a debt situation that is going to be intolerable for our kids and our grandkids. Over the last couple of months, as Republicans have tried to cut spending, in every occasion the other side of the aisle says, ``Well, you are cruel and mean-spirited.'' I am afraid that we are not going to reach a balanced budget; I think we need more legislative determination to assure that we do that. I have introduced a bill called H.R. 2295 that incorporates the budget resolution that we passed, in the House and the Senate, into law. It changes the 1974 Budget Act to incorporate into law those spending caps that will last until 2002. That legislation is going to help give politicians the intestinal fortitude to do what we should do, and that is balance the budget.”