Political Quotes

“I will be glad to provide it for the gentleman. But one thing, and I would yield to anyone, since I have a couple of moments left, anyone that can point to a year the subsidy was in place that it did anything to reverse the trend. The trend has been consistent right along. The only time there has been a blip in the trend was 1997 and 1998 when the program was phased out momentarily. Then the losses were reduced. They did not gain, but the losses were reduced. So the argument for a program is not simply that I came up with a new rationale for it. I could do that for any program. The argument has to be, here is how it worked. And we have not seen any demonstration that it has worked. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.”