Political Quotes

“any way they want to try to cook it, they can cook it. But the fact is, think about this for a second, Federal spending is going to go from $7.8 trillion over the last five years to $9.1 trillion over the next five years, and we are arguing that we ought to be able to find a penny out of a dollar from this government. The American family had a chance to vote on whether the Federal Government can live with $9 trillion, rather than $9.1 trillion. We could help the families to get more, and not cave in to the Washington culture, and not cave in to all the special interest groups that want to keep taking from families. Then, you know, you actually have to vote against mine. And I am not surprised that the people who for many years have supported running America from the top down, taking more and more money from families to give to government, would oppose this. But it is patently absurd when you even watch the news at night, ``The Fleecing of America,'' to think that we could not squeeze one penny out of a dollar out of this inefficient government. Let me further say to my colleague who just spoke and some of them who spoke, the President has a budget that increases taxes by $130 billion and increases spending by $150 billion, and they love that plan. They love it, because when the President's man came up to the Committee on the Budget, they supported him.…”