Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, let me one more time run through what this budget proposal and outline does today, because it is, I believe, the right combination and the right direction for our country, although I will tell my colleagues right off the bat, it spends too much. But with what we are working with here, with a narrow margin and a lot of diverse interests, I think we have come up with a very good proposal. First of all, for the second year in a row, the second time in 40 years, we are not going to touch the Social Security surplus. We are not going to take any money that is in surplus that comes in from the Social Security taxes to pay benefits for our seniors; we are not going to take it and spend it on any other government program. That means that that surplus is going to be available to fix Social Security for the baby boomers and their children. So we will keep our mitts off of that. Secondly, we are going to strengthen Medicare with a prescription drug program and other Medicare reforms.”