Political Quotes

“a lot of us in this institution are troubled by the threats to force the Nation into default, the comments made throughout the year by Speaker Gingrich and the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Armey, majority leader, that if they do not get their way on the balanced budget or if they do not get their way on a host of things that are they are going to shut the Government down. We heard those threats throughout 1995. Unfortunately, come November once and then in December a second time, they made good on their threats because they did not get the kind of, exactly the kind of balanced budget that they wanted. And they went ahead and shut the Government down. What that meant to lots of American families that depended on services from the Government, what it meant to people that work in Government, what it meant across the board to this country. Now the threats, in a lot of ways, Mr. Speaker, are even more serious, because those threats are to force the Nation into default, again, if Speaker Gingrich and the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Armey, majority leader do not get their way with the balanced budget.”