Political Quotes

“I do not want to get off my stride. But let me say that the Republicans, recognizing that the National Institutes of Health really are one of the crown jewels of the Federal Government, have had historic increases in NIH, something that has never been seen before, a 15 percent increase last year, a 14 percent increase this year. But on to the other subject at hand. And that is, as I have been passing by this floor and past the television sets, listening to the debate, I have begun to observe that it is seemingly impossible for this House not to denigrate just about anything we do. It is remarkable to me as I stop and I watch this debate. For the first time since man walked on the Moon, we have balanced the budget, when we include all the spending that the Federal Government makes versus all the revenue that has come in. Since the first time we have walked on the Moon, we are in balance. And now, to my own surprise, we are actually going to balance the operating part of the Federal budget without stealing from Social Security.”