Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we have a vote today on a measure to continue spending for the Federal Government for the next couple months. It amounts to nearly $40 billion in cuts. That is a good start. I think most Americans would agree with that. But it is only a start. We should now work together across party lines to bring down our long- term debt in a responsible way that protects middle-income families and, of course, as well the most vulnerable in society. We do have substantial cuts in this bill today. In fact, there are record cuts for what we know as discretionary funding. At the same time, though, we have to get down to the more difficult business of reducing deficit and debt and that work is ahead of us. As we do that, we have to make sure we are protecting middle-income families and those who are vulnerable. This is a good start, but we should remember what families are going through right now, families all across the country, where one member of that family--sometimes more--has lost their job. In Pennsylvania, for example, we have over 500,000 people out of work. Fortunately, that number has come down since last summer. Last summer, it was approaching 600,000; now it is about 511,000. But we need to bring that number down.…”