Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, clearly the gentlewoman hasn't met a dollar that she doesn't like to spend. We don't have a revenue problem in Washington, D.C. In fact, our revenue is at its highest levels ever. This is not an issue of revenue; it is an issue of spending. In the prior 2 years, in the prior Congress, the Democrat majority increased spending by $5 trillion in 2 years in new spending. It is unsustainable. It is why we have dealt with record inflation under this administration. It is why energy costs have skyrocketed; grocery costs have skyrocketed. The gentlewoman would like to continue down that path and just keep spending money we don't have. This appropriations process that we are going through, we have to make decisions. We have to make cuts that actually bring our government into size. If it was up to her, not only would we spend everything they have spent over the last 2 years, they would probably increase it another $5 trillion because who cares? It is not their money; it is the American peoples' money. It is the taxpayers' money. We have to make decisions. That is why we were elected, to govern. I felt this amendment appropriate because I do think the Head Start program is important. I do think it provides valuable opportunities for underprivileged children across this country, and we need to continue to fund it, but the gentlewoman would just like to spend money we don't have, make it up out of thin air. It doesn't work that way. Mr.…”