Political Quotes

“let me yield myself 2 minutes. Let me first of all give some credit to the gentleman from California. I want to give him some credit because, frankly, it is not easy to put a program together, a comprehensive budget. I hope the gentleman does as well as I did in my first budget. I think I got 30 votes. I do not mind if we do a little better than that. But we obviously have to rise and oppose this for a couple reasons. I do not think we need to spend a lot of time. There is no tax relief in this proposal. We think that the level of defense reductions are, frankly, too high. And let us get to the bottom line on it. It stands in stark violation to an agreement that could be approved. My colleagues are not going to get many votes, probably no votes on our side of the aisle. And while I want to commend the gentleman for his hard work, his commitment to science, it just is really not in balance and does not favor what we think is a new direction in this country, and that is a very limited Federal Government and more power and more money and more influence being shifted from this city back to people across the country. It is not with joy that I have to rise against the gentleman from California, but certainly I feel compelled to do it, to represent those people who were a party to this agreement and particularly the Republican Members who really do not share this view. I ask that the membership reject the Brown amendment. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”