Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object, and I plan to object, I will take some time to explain why I object. What is happening in the Senate is phenomenal, and I want the American people to see this. The Federal Government is 89 percent bigger than it was 10 years ago. We just heard the majority leader say flexibility can't work because we are already dealing with the same amount of money--89 percent more than we were 10 years ago. I didn't vote for the Budget Control Act. I think sequester is a stupid way to cut spending. But I want us to understand exactly what is going on. This is a contrived situation because no effort--zero effort--by the FAA or the Department of Transportation has been made to have any flexibility in terms of how they spend their money. They have made no request for a reprogramming of funds within the FAA. They have over $500 million unobligated sitting in balances that aren't obligated, so none of this had to happen. This has been a created situation. I want my colleagues to think for a minute about the number of people who didn't make it to their aunt's funeral yesterday because of a contrived situation; the number of people who may not get to the birth of a grandchild; the number of business meetings that aren't going to occur because we have created a contrived situation. Our problem is we are continuing to spend money we don't have.…”