Political Quotes

“I wanted to kind of go through the process of what House Republicans did to put this budget together. Mr. Speaker, you might all remember that back last February the President came to Capitol Hill and he said that if you do not like my tax and spend proposal, and he looked over at the Republicans, he said, well then show me your specifics. You might remember that the House Republican Committee on the budget sat down and we broke down into working groups on the activities of the Federal Government, and we were able to put together a proposal that did exactly what the President challenged us to do. We presented our specific budget proposal that eliminated as much of the deficit as the President did, without one penny worth of taxes. We downsized the Federal Government and we were able to meet the challenge with specifics. Unfortunately, that budget was rejected in favor of the tax and spend budget that passed this House floor.”