Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this is a very simple amendment. It really is. It will take some time during the next few days to talk about this amendment. But it is an amendment to determine what we are going to do about Social Security. In effect, this amendment excludes from the balanced budget amendment the Social Security trust fund as it relates to the old-age pension aspect thereof. Mr. President, I rise in support of the balanced budget amendment. If Social Security is excluded, I will vote for the balanced budget amendment. As a veteran of a number of debates in this body on this issue, I am fairly well versed on persuasive arguments for the balanced budget amendment. There are people who I have heard--including my friend, the senior Senator from Utah--over the years make very, very persuasive arguments why it is important that this country have a more sound fiscal policy and why it is necessary to have a balanced budget amendment.”