Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, my friends on the other side of the aisle will claim they are being ``fiscally responsible.'' Let's be clear. There never has been and never will be anything fiscally responsible about refusing to pay America's bills. Killing millions of jobs is also not fiscally responsible. Neither is knowingly unleashing a recession. That is why even former President Trump said: ``I can't imagine anybody ever even thinking of using the debt ceiling as a negotiating [tool].'' Now, I had hoped that when the Speaker referred to the budget process and debt ceiling as ``apples and oranges,'' it meant my friends on the other side finally understood the real-world ramifications of their reckless brinkmanship, yet here we are. {time} 1430 Republicans' DOA act, the default on America act, will cut investments, crush job creation, and crash the economy. Their default on America act must be DOA. There is no way Congress will agree to 10 years of destructive caps and the biggest single cut to nondefense programs in American history. For what? In exchange for a few months of respite before we would have to go through this debt ceiling roller coaster all over again. Mr. Speaker, when the American people hear what I just said, the biggest single cut to nondefense programs in the history of the American Government, they might be wondering what exactly that means.…”