Roy Cooper: “I am here tonight to make one very simple point. Sometimes the simplest points are the most powerful. Families across…”

“I am here tonight to make one very simple point. Sometimes the simplest points are the most powerful. Families across America are probably eating supper about this time, a little worried about the future of the country, wondering whom they can trust. Well, just a few weeks ago in this Chamber, we had the great speech of the year, the President's State of the Union message. And the President walked down this aisle in a crowded Chamber, most of the House and the Senate and the Supreme Court and other dignitaries were here. It was broadcast, of course, live on national television. And at this podium right here the President spoke and delivered a powerful message. There were many lines where there was applause; and one of them was this one, because we knew on that day, on January 20, that the President would be delivering his budget. That is a very complicated document. It is thousands of pages long. It takes months to prepare, and probably on that very night it was already at the printers, the type being set. Well, perhaps the President was poorly served by one of his speech writers, but one of the lines in the President's important message was this one: the President said on the night of January 20 in this Chamber, he said that 'in two weeks I will send you a budget that funds the war, protects the homeland, and meets important domestic needs.' Well, in 2 weeks he did send us a budget. It arrived here on February 2.”