Political Quotes

“I respectfully agree with him. But the hole isn't anything the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee created. We are struggling to take care of the defense needs of this country. You know the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee handles the defense nuclear programs of this country, in addition to many other programs--university programs and other things that go on. The situation is simply that the hole the Senator talks about was created by the fact that we are spending far more money than we are taking in. It is no secret, when President Bush took office, there was a surplus of about $7 trillion over 10 years. That is gone. This year's deficit will be around $700 billion, when you take out the Social Security Program and don't have that mask the deficit. So the hole is there, and I acknowledge that. The Senator is right. I am simply saying don't pick on the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee; we had nothing to do with the hole. The hole was dug by others, not by us.”