Political Quotes

“the most direct, concise statement made during the last two presentations was the statement made by my friend from Idaho that this was not an accurate depiction of the Reid substitute. And that is true. What we have been dealing with here, in the last two statements, is make believe. The fact of the matter is that the Reid substitute is of the same vintage as the Simon amendment. The Simon amendment was introduced 5 days ago. Remember, they keep changing it. Even though they have had 3,000 pages of hearings--it has been around 10 years--they changed it 5 days ago. Why? Because it is a faulty amendment and they tried to correct it to pick up a few extra votes. But it still was not enough. The amendment is a bad amendment. My friend from Utah, and I guess following the Late Show With David Letterman, put forth his 10 points as to why he did not like my amendment. Recognize that not once was there an insinuation, a suggestion, or a contemplation or a remark about Social Security. Why? Because they know that Social Security would be devastated with the Simon amendment, as indicated by Mr.…”