Political Quotes

“and my colleagues, it is really going to happen, the first balanced budget in a generation, the first tax cut from Washington in 16 years, and a program to strengthen and preserve Medicare. Members from both sides of the political aisle worked together; the White House worked with us honestly to bring about these achievements. So there are a lot of people going to be claiming credit today and a lot of people claiming who the winners really are. The real winners in this agreement are the American people, the American people who sent us here to do their bidding and to do their work. Over the last 22 years, it has not just been this balanced budget and this tax cut and this preservation of Medicare that we have accomplished, it has been welfare reform, a generation of politicians trying to come to grips with this issue, illegal immigration reform, health care reform, elimination of over 300 Federal Government programs, saving over $50 billion. This Congress continues to do what the American people are demanding, a smaller, less costly, less intrusive government here in Washington, moving power back home so Americans can make more decisions about their own lives.”