Political Quotes

“I believe I am a cosponsor of that resolution, and I am going to vote for it. But what I object to is the continued reference on this House floor, the continued effort on the part of some Members of this body to deceive the American public into thinking that we are balancing our budget. I do not care if a Democrat said it or a Republican said it, or I do not care if Adam's house cat said it. We are not. The fact of the matter is that the President submitted a budget that was passed by a Republican majority in the House and the Senate last summer when the Republicans still controlled both bodies, as they did for 7 years. For 6 of those 7 years, we had deficit spending. As a matter of fact, I find it strange that we have to address the tax problem, because taxes have been addressed four times in the past 20 years when, for 41 of the past 42 years, Congress has run a deficit. So I am going to say this very slowly. The President just submitted the first $2 trillion budget. The Republican Congress passed it. The Republican Congress increased spending by 8 percent last year and decreased revenues by 16 percent. That equated to, and I am going to say this very slowly so that no one misses it, $232 billion. This is the month of March. Actually, the number is, and I do not have it in front of me, but it is on my Web site, because I memorized it. The deficit has increased by $363 billion.”