Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from New York. I rise in strong opposition to this piece of legislation. With all due respect, I always enjoy listening to my Republican friends lecture us about fiscal responsibility. May I remind them that when Bill Clinton left office we had record surpluses, and in 8 years of George Bush, record deficits. And may I remind my Republican friends that for 6 of those 8 years, during the Bush years, Republicans controlled both Houses of the Congress. So if we were going to do the right thing and attempt to balance our budget, we could have done so then. But what did we do then? We fought two wars on the credit card; we had tax cuts for the wealthy, which we're now paying for in terms of our deficits now; a prescription drug program unpaid for. And so it seems to me that if we have the resolve to do it--you know, I love people who have newfound religion, but when they controlled the place, we went from massive surpluses to massive deficits. Now, this Congress needs to work with the President in passing a jobs bill. This Congress should be passing a robust transportation bill. This Congress should get out of the business of attacking our labor, attacking seniors, and attacking women, and do what the American people want us to do: Put people back to work.…”