Political Quotes

“I think more than any other issue, Democrats lost control of Congress and Republicans took control of Congress on the fundamental commitment to change the way we look at this country's finances, to balance the Federal budget, to balance it in 7 years and to do it while cutting taxes. Critics at the time, the other side of the aisle at the time, said that is simply impossible; it cannot be done; it is a political gimmick; this is just a bunch of rhetoric. The Republican majority demonstrated over the next 2 years that they were serious, they were committed to this goal no matter how difficult at times some of the choices may have appeared. They put forward a balanced budget. They put forward a balanced budget that even included tax relief. The President vetoed that program but the American people spoke loud and clear over the ensuring 2 years, resoundingly supporting the goal of balancing the budget and in 1996 we had a Democrat President agree with a Republican-controlled Congress that we should and could balance the budget, and we should and could do it while cutting taxes.”