Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, let me say that last year we were given a challenge by the President. The President said, ``If you don't like our tax-and- spend bill''--and, by the way, the only reason you have any earned income tax credit in your bill is to try to offset the tax increases on working poor people in this country--``give us your specifics.'' And, of course, we did, and we did better than you did in terms of reducing the deficit. Let me say to my friends on the other side of the aisle that I think this debate is perfect, because if my friends in the Democrat Party think that higher taxes, more Government spending, more regulation, and that putting the power of Washington bureaucrats over the power of the American family is the way to go, I will tell them that they are wrong and we will be back on this floor again. And I would suggest to my colleagues, ``Don't count your chickens before they hatch in terms of investing in Government as the answer for our country.'' This year we did much better. The President delivered a wonderful speech up here in which he talked about welfare reform and health care and a crime bill. They he sent us the budget, and did he have welfare reform on it? Of course not. Did he give us a crime bill? Of course not. He withdrew his health care bill because the health care bill sends the deficit through the roof.”