Political Quotes

Gilbert Gutknecht: “after the last hour we would like to talk a little bit about what is happening with the budget. The gentleman from…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
after the last hour we would like to talk a little bit about what is happening with the budget. The gentleman from Arizona is going to join me for a while and I believe one of my freshman colleagues from Idaho is going to join us in a little bit. I know that the gentleman from Arizona, I do not believe he had a chance to join us in Baltimore over the weekend, but I think we should maybe take a few minutes to talk about, because I know the press has talked a lot about what has happened in the budget negotiations of recent and that somehow, I know that within the course of just a couple of weeks, in referring to the freshmen, we have been described as being mean spirited, and then last week we were being described as being dispirited. I think the only thing I can honestly say is, we are still spirited as freshmen, are we not? I yield to the gentleman from Arizona.
Said by
Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing budget negotiations and perceptions of freshmen members of Congress.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Gilbert Gutknecht

Jul 20, 2006

The concussion of it and what it did to those heavy vehicles, it is amazing that they have only had one KIA. Again, let me join you in sharing our sympathies to that family and that unit, because they were obviously a very close knit unit…

govinfo.gov
May 17, 2006

I don't know if I would be happier if Americans are watching this debate, or if they are not watching the debate. I am an auctioneer and it sounds almost like an auction: no matter how much we spend it is not enough. But here is something…

govinfo.gov
Jul 20, 2006

Sarajevo. I was in Sarajevo 10 years ago, and at that time the city was essentially in, the center city, essentially rubble. Many buildings had large pockmarks. Some of them are still there. Many, though, have been fixed; and it now is a…

govinfo.gov
Jun 30, 2005

I do not think anyone should be censored, but I think having no information can sometimes be better than having bad information. And what the Council of Economic Advisers did was they took lock, stock, and barrel failed research. Then it…

govinfo.gov
View all Gilbert Gutknecht quotes

Other voices in this conversation