Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, the budget is an important statement of our values, and I am proud to support the Democratic budget crafted by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spratt) because our values are a lower deficit, more direct services to Americans, more Americans put to work in jobs that will not be outsourced; and Democrats maintain the Federal commitment to clean air, clean water, and our Nation's natural places. How are we able to do so much better a job than our Republican counterparts? Well, the Republicans have placed the highest priority in their budget on meeting the needs of a few Americans, less than 1 percent. They will receive more benefit under the Republican budget than all of the funding that will be spent on our veterans and, bringing it down to the conversation on the environment, their tax cuts for the people who have been already well taken care of, those tax cuts will be over the next 10 years and will be 1/2 times all the spending on the environment combined.”