Political Quotes

“I have two very interesting letters here. One is from the President of the United States, who wrote to me this week saying that we should not enact the Kasich-Penny motion because it is too general. Then I have in my hand a letter from November 19, 1993, from the same President of the United States, who writes to the Speaker opposing the Penny-Kasich motion. You know why? Because it was too specific. Now, which is it? Are we going to object to spending cuts because they are specific, or are we going to object to them because they are not specific? Or are we going to object to any spending cuts for any reason that serves us the day we are going to vote to cut? Now, when we passed the tax increase last year in this House, as opposed to the cut spending first plan that the Republicans offered on a bipartisan basis, Democrat leadership came to the floor and said, 'This will not be the last time that we will cut spending. We will be back to do more.'”