Political Quotes

“I will attempt not to use that complete time. Motion To Suspend We have an amendment No. 4765, which is a motion to suspend the rules and consider the amendment, and I will make that motion in a moment. We have before us a bill. We are going to spend $136 billion more than what we planned to spend before this agreement was made. We have no opportunity under regular order to offset that with less priority, less important items. So we have an amendment for the Senate to vote on. It is not pain free. It is painful. But it cuts $150 billion from Federal expenditures to pay for the additional Federal expenditures that will go out the door as a result of this bill. I actually believe every one of my colleagues in the Senate understands the jam we are in. Where I am confused is that when we bring cuts to the floor, not only do they not vote for the cuts, they do not offer alternative cuts. And you really cannot have it both ways. You cannot say you recognize the significant difficulty our country is in and turn around and vote against somebody making an effort to get us out of that jam and not offer other additional spending cuts for which to pay. We do not have that privilege any longer. So either the recognition of the problem is real or it is not. Let me describe what has happened just in the last 2\1/2\ years. We have run a budget deficit for now 27 straight months, including this month. The 2009 budget deficit, as reported, was $1.4 trillion.…”