Political Quotes

“Mr. Kingston, what I learned is I am not a better number drawer when I have extra time than I am with short time. All this says is that the only budget that--and I do not want to be partisan, but that the President has sent the Congress is figured in the same way as the Republicans are figuring their budget as far as deficits. These are the deficits that are going to exist under the President's budget that he sent us about 8 weeks ago, and the Republican budget passed out of the House, very similar to the one passed out of the Senate. In year 1996, the deficit under the President's plan is $211 billion, $156 for the Republican. Every year you see our deficit keeps going down and down. We are trying to brag about it. We are saying for the first time since 1969, the end figure is zero as far as the deficit. The zero at the end is the fact we are balancing revenues with expenses. The projection down here for the President is going up on the deficit in those out years.”