Political Quotes

“I have heard a lot of baloney, and there appears to be a good bit in the House. I have great respect for the minority whip, but there is beef in the gentleman from Wisconsin's (Mr. Obey) job-cutting proposal. This is about jobs. This is about taxes. This is about spending. And I have only been here a short time, but this has got to be one of the worst ideas I have ever seen come from our colleagues across the aisle. It is bad for the Nation. It is bad for working America. We are going to cut the heart out of a recovering economy. We are going to destroy the momentum that we are enjoying all because the Democrats want to tax, and they want to spend. They want to tax, and they want to spend. And they want to do it at America's expense. Just last week, just last week, they were complaining about our not doing enough to create jobs. We created 1.1 million jobs just this year. They want to take away that momentum. It really is about the people who create jobs, the small businesses, the farmers in the 12th District of Georgia. It is about people who create jobs; 200,000 hardworking taxpayers, of which 80-plus percent are small businesses, will see their taxes go up. And that is the engine that creates the jobs for America. These are precisely the small businesses and farms that we need to protect and to encourage by providing them the deserved tax relief that they currently enjoy.”