Political Quotes

Mr. President, I first congratulate my colleague from Wisconsin. There is a lot of controversy over lands packages, and her very pleasant example is what isn't controversial. The reason we have a discussion about what is going on is the…

We have something we call 'maintenance of effort' that we use in other programs, educational programs, when there is Federal money, we say to States, 'You have to maintain effort.'

I thought that was a pretty good idea, and the homeless groups said, in part, in response, 'Well, if you do that, what the appropriators will do is they will'--let us say we had, like $5 as an example, $5 from all the proceeds of all these…

Mr. President, as a father, grandfather, and doctor, there are few issues that are more important to me than making sure Social Security benefits are protected for both current and future generations. While both the Social Security…