Political Quotes

“following the presentation from the Blue Dogs, let me just say from our side of the aisle that the Blue Dogs have come up with some good, thoughtful ideas in terms of fiscal responsibility. I think we have to be careful about not passing blame, and I would hope that as one of the three separate entities of government that our Founding Fathers set up, that we as a Congress would also take on some responsibility and not expect just that it is up to the administration to present us a plan of what is good for the future of this country. We also have that responsibility. It seems to me, I say to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm), that if we are going to be honest with the American people, if we think that our problems today are so important that we have to borrow money that is in a sense a mortgage that our kids and our grandkids are going to have to pay back, then we should not do it by borrowing. If we think what we are spending money on today is so important, then we should increase taxes and not try to hoodwink the American people into thinking the size of this government is less costly than it really is by sort of off on the side borrowing more money, where it is not quite as visible as quickly in terms of the obligation that people have to eventually spend to cover what we think is more important today maybe than what our kids and grandkids are going to be facing 20 and 30 years from now.”