Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I hope during the course of this debate someone will explain to me how a Nation that is $5.7 trillion in debt; a Nation that squanders $1 billion a day in interest on that debt; a Congress that during their lifetimes saw the debt rise by $4.7 trillion; a Congress that is delaying the pay of the troops in the military from September 29 to October 1 in a budget game to move that $2.5 billion expense to the next fiscal year, no big deal for a Congressman, big deal for an E2 or an E3 when they do not have money for diapers or formula that weekend; a Congress that will not vote on the Shows bill to help our Nation's veterans and military retirees because they say we do not have the $5 billion, but this same Congress is now saying we are going to ignore the fact that we owe the Social Security Trust Fund $800 billion, we are going to ignore the $1 billion a day we are paying in interest on that debt, and we are going to give the wealthiest two percent of all Americans a tax break.”