Political Quotes

“we are at the 11th hour in the appropriations process to get the funding for the United States Government in place by the beginning of the next fiscal year. This is an hour where the American people have a right to expect straight talk and substantive action. Instead, this majority, in a resolution introduced at 10:30 this morning, gives them this utter nonsense, basically saying we pledge not to do that which we have already done. This resolution gives hypocrisy a bad name. It is patently phony. The fact of the matter is that actions of this body have already spent Social Security trust fund dollars. Let us not try and do some kind of bait and switch on the American public. Be square with them. We know that, to shore up Social Security for the long haul, it will not take paper resolutions that fly in the face of the actions of this Congress. It will take bipartisan action working with the President to substantively resolve the differences before us and ensure this program for the long haul. Vote for the resolution, but it is phony.”