Political Quotes

“you wonder about Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy in California. This is his legacy, to balance the budget and cut taxes. The effort to do this, to shake us out of the status quo, has been driven by the energy of a great Republican President like Teddy Roosevelt. Let me say that there are many, many Members here who are winners. It could not have been done without the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Spratt], working very hard, in a bipartisan way, to sell this package. The Blue Dogs and my great friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Condit], who came to the floor on a very tough amendment and gave us the votes we needed to keep the package together. The Republican leadership, I look over at the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Hastert] and the gentleman from Texas [Mr. DeLay] and the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey] who came to this Congress to get this done, to balance the budget and cut taxes. Our Speaker, Newt Gingrich, who had the will at times to lead when it was difficult. The gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] who has been here for almost all of his adult life trying to balance the budget and cut taxes and cut capital gains. And there are just so many Members, the members of the Committee on the Budget, starting in 1993, Rick May, my staff director, who worked day and night, along with the rest of the Committee on the Budget staff. They all deserve credit.…”