Political Quotes

“I suggest to my friend from New Mexico that the fact of the matter is that for 40-odd years, we have been carrying this in our accounting of the Federal budget. States have had decades and decades of experience. There was a statement that you could buy the Brooklyn Bridge and call it capital. Using that inversely, you could use the Simon amendment and you could buy the Brooklyn Bridge and say it does not add to the debt. The fact of the matter is, I think Senator Hatch, on Thursday, talked about how we as Members of Congress must handle this. The Senator from Utah said that he did not feel there was a person in this body who was not interested in living up to his oath of office. He went on to say: I cannot imagine a Member of this body, if this resolution passes both Houses of Congress, who would not take their responsibilities very seriously.”