Political Quotes

“I wish to, first of all, start my presentation today with an overarching commendation of the work of the Budget Committee and, in particular, Chairman Kent Conrad, who worked, as he always does, along with the members of his committee from both parties who have worked very hard on this budget. We are going to have a significant debate this week and we are doing that now and it will be fairly heated because we have broad disagreements about this budget. But I do wish to commend Chairman Conrad and his work over many months, as he does every year, in his committee. I wish to focus on three areas: First of all, our fiscal situation that we face now because of what has been happening in the last several years with our Federal budget; secondly, to talk about our families and the struggles so many families are living through right now; and then, finally, to summarize very briefly some of the Democratic proposals and how they compare to the President's budget.”