Political Quotes

“I suspect most everybody on this side of the aisle would have voted for it. The reason I suggest we should not vote for this blue dog budget is because it would replace an even better budget passed by the Budget Committee. Here is why I think the Republican budget is better. The Democrat proposal has higher taxes. It has increased spending and that means returning to a tax and spending philosophy. We had a tax increase in 1993. All of this side of the aisle voted for the tax increase. That tax increase, according to the Heritage Foundation, cost Americans 1.2 million additional private sector jobs and $208 billion in economic output. The Democrat coalition budget continues all of the 1993 tax increases. We have such huge budget problems. I compliment the coalition Members for looking at Social Security. That could be the next catastrophe to hit this country. We need to start dealing with it. I say we have got to have a tax change policy that encourages job expansion for more and better jobs to assist our effort to solve these budget problems.”