Political Quotes

“I do think that this House has hit what could possibly be the lowest low it has ever hit. Two weeks ago, the House that claims to be for national security refused to give this Member a vote on whether or not we would prevent another round of base closures, because I think that is incredibly stupid and a waste of money. But what is so much worse than that is that, without an up-or-down vote, without having the guts, the courage, the fortitude, and may I say the honesty to say that you are increasing the debt limit by $750 billion, the House just voted to do so. You wrapped it in a package that would help the troops to the tune of $21 billion, but what you really have done is increased the debt limit and put our Nation another $750 billion in debt. Let me tell you why I think that is bad. As of the end of last month, our Nation was $5,984,677,357,213.86 in debt. Sometimes that is just mind-boggling. But let us bring it back to reality. Let us bring it back to one lifetime. Let us bring it back to my daughter Sarah's lifetime. On the day she was born on Christmas, 1978, our Nation was less than $1 trillion in debt.”