Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I think the most important thing that we compare this budget to the budget that the Republicans have proposed is that the Republicans have proposed a balanced, common sense approach. What will this mean to the average American family? It means that we will have a debt-free Nation for our children. We have balanced the budget. The Republican budget will pay down the $3.6 trillion debt over the next 13 years. It means a more secure future for our seniors. We stop the 30-year raid on Social Security, and we preserve the Social Security surplus into the future. It means a stronger effort to find cures for cancer and Alzheimer's. We are making a significant commitment to further research in the health area. It means a safer world and fulfilling our pledge to those who made it that way. We are going to keep our commitment to our veterans. We increase funding for education. What we do in education is we target those dollars so that, when the Federal dollars get down to the local level, it gives the local entities a maximum amount of flexibility to design the programs that best fit the needs of that community, that school, and the children in that area. We increase funding for IDEA, the Individuals With Disabilities Education. We increase funding for title VI. This is innovative education programs. This is the most flexible dollars that come to a local school district.”