Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding. I want to pick up and thank my friend and thank our chairman of the Rules Committee for doing exactly what he just suggested, bringing us a rule that lets everybody bring their choices to the floor. That is what we all like to do around here. Interestingly enough, we essentially have three Democratic choices and three Republican choices, and we are going to have an opportunity for people to express a variety of opinions and arrive at a consensus in this body. Now, obviously, as a Republican, I like all three Republican alternatives pretty well. I think my friend Mr. Woodall has always worked on the Republican Study Committee budget; it gets us to balance faster than anything else on this floor. The reality is, if you look at the three Republican budgets, they have several things in common. The first is they make tough choices because we have got an $18 trillion debt; and, just left on autopilot, that will increase by another $7.2 trillion. It aims to bring these things into balance, and each one of those Republican budgets does that--the Republican Study Committee budget a little bit faster--but all within the 10-year budget window. Second, they all repeal ObamaCare--not a big surprise. No Republican voted for it. We have never liked it, and it would be remiss of us not to continue to argue our position. Third, they all call for major tax reforms.…”