Political Quotes

“Well, Madam President, in just a few short months this year, we have seen a long list of problems develop in the country. Some of them my good friend the Senator from West Virginia just talked about. They range from inflation and debt to the hiring crisis, major disruptions in the supply chain. When I was home in Missouri last week meeting with all kinds of employers and all kinds of businesses, big and small, everybody said: We can't find workers; we can't get the supplies we need; and we can't keep up with inflation. What is astonishing to me is the Democrats continue to move forward with their $3.5 trillion reckless tax-and-spending spree. And, you know, it is easy to take that number and just reduce the length of time you are going to try out all these new policies, and we are going to have to talk about that because that is going to be a big mistake. In fact, the $3.5 trillion reckless tax-and-spending spree, I think, easily--if you extend all of the policies through the whole 10 years-- becomes a $5 trillion reckless tax-and-spending spree. If you reduce the policies, it is pretty easy to get it to $2 trillion. But if you reduce the policies by just saying, ``Instead of 10 years, we are going to have this policy for 3 years; instead of 5 years, we are going to have this policy for 1 year,'' all you have done is put future Congresses in a place where, frankly, Democrats would hope they can't say no.…”