Political Quotes

“in a town famous for saying one thing and doing another, Congress is finally doing what it promised. The balanced budget amendment that Congress reached with the President delivers on the promises that we have made to the American people. The resolution puts that agreement into action. It balances the budget, saves Medicare, lets American families keep more of what they earn, and reforms entitlement programs. Certainly that is different than previous Congresses have done under previous controls. Under the balanced budget resolution deficits will be a thing of the past, and like every American family and American business, the Government will live within its means for the first time since 1969. If the budget resolution did nothing else but eliminate the deficit, it would still be a huge victory for the American people. But frankly, it does more. The balanced budget resolution saves Medicare from bankruptcy and gives seniors new health care choices. By changing the Medicare structure, it will protect its solvency for another decade while expanding benefits to cover mammography, diabetes self-management, immunizations, and special cancer screening. If this resolution just balanced the budget and saved Medicare, yes, that would be historic, but it goes even further than that.…”