Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, yesterday the President of the United States said at a Democratic fund raiser in Boston--he decided to use the occasion to attack the Republican Party, and he attacked the Republican Party as the party of no--no to this and no to that--and he began to blame the Republican Party for his problems with regard to Whitewater. Well, Mr. Speaker, with regard to the party of no, if he is calling the Republican Party the party of no because we are saying no to his health care reform that would socialize medicine, case rationing and put Government in charge of the Nation's health care, he is right. And if he is calling us the party of no because we do not want watered-down welfare reform that will not end welfare as we know it, that will do nothing more than expand the welfare state, he is right. And if he is saying that we are the party of no on the budget that called for higher taxes on American families, he is right. And if he is calling us the party of no on real crime reform; the bill that he supported last year would weaken the penalties against drug dealers, he is right, and it would have been legislative malpractice for Republicans to put aside our principles only to work with the party in power at the White House. But in each of these cases the Republican Party has met their duty as the opposition's party and have supported alternatives, real alternatives, to his programs.”