Political Quotes

Willie Hefner: “Yes. We have created 8 million new jobs. The deficit is down. They have continued to go down for 3 years, on the 4th…”

On the recordMay 16, 1996
Yes. We have created 8 million new jobs. The deficit is down. They have continued to go down for 3 years, on the 4th year of a downward trend on the deficit. It will go down even more this year than it would if we pass this Republican so-called family friendly budget that is going to help the middle class. This budget was a sham when it was projected a few months ago. It is a sham today and I do not blame Bob Dole from disengaging from this process that the Republicans are putting forward.
Said by
Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing job creation and budget issues during a floor speech.

Share

More from Willie Hefner

Jul 14, 1998

I have heard a lot about free speech, but I have not heard anything that talked about, when you send mailers or what have you, truthfulness. When you talk about somebody's voting record, you take just partial voting records or amendments…

govinfo.gov
May 22, 1998

Why are we building, for my own information, why are we building a highway in Canada? Are we going to take Canada in, or what is the story?

govinfo.gov
Jul 16, 1998

I will not talk about the merits of it, but earlier today we talked about a pay raise, and it gets so political. If you think that it is political for the pay raise and demagoguery, this amendment is tailor-made for demagoguery. The…

govinfo.gov
May 20, 1998

Truly, this has been a time when people thought back to the things that Terry Sanford stood for, and we will always remember that Terry Sanford was a real remarkable man, and he will be a legend, as he should be, in North Carolina and in…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation