Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, now that the Republican shutdown is over, Congress should be addressing the most pressing issues facing our Nation--faster economic growth, putting our people back to work at living-wage jobs, balancing the budget, and investing in our future. But so far, there is no Republican budget deal completed to set the frame for all of this, to give confidence to businesses that they can invest, and to assure the American people that there is some certainty that Congress has done its job. The first step is completion of a responsible budget resolution for 2014 which starts in just a few weeks; and, in fact, the Federal fiscal year started October 1. From that resolution would follow, if we had regular order in this House, 12 appropriation bills constrained within the limits of that important budget. But rather than completing the budget bill, I observed the chairman of the House Budget Committee making political speeches out in Iowa rather than getting the job done here. My message today is get the job done of the Budget Committee. We know that the economy will grow when more people are working; and when that happens, the Federal debt will go down. The first chart I have here actually shows that during the Clinton years when employment went up, we were able to balance the budget.…”