Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from South Dakota. This is such an important issue, as he has pointed out, and as his constituent has written him. As a mother of two children, I am deeply concerned with what is going to happen to the next generation if we continue to kick this can down the road and if we don't use common sense to balance our budget. I have heard from constituents in New Hampshire--and I am sure the Senator from South Dakota hears the same--that basically only in Washington would the notion of balancing your budget be called ``extreme.'' It is common sense that you can't spend more money than you have. We need to pass the Cut, Cap, and Balance plan, because it is a commonsense proposal to ensure that we don't continue along this cycle of continuing to increase our debt and not have a plan to pay our bills. And borrowing money from China--that has to stop. When you think about all the money we have borrowed from a country such as China, which doesn't share our values--right now, there is no other plan that has been presented but the Cut, Cap, and Balance plan, which was just passed by the House. We can do this now and put our nation on a path to a balanced budget and make sure that the Senator's constituents--and I know he is a father as well--and our children don't bear the burden of our failure to make the tough decisions today. We owe it not only to everybody in our generation but to our children and our grandchildren.…”