Political Quotes

“I thank the bold and brilliant leadership of the chairwoman of the CBC, and my colleague from the great State of Mississippi, for offering to this Congress an opportunity to proceed along a rational budget process, a process in which those who are deficit hawks can have deficit reduction and a balance 1 year ahead of all other alternatives. For those of us interested in investment and opportunity, we can have more schools and better education, rather than more jails and more social problems. This is a budget that puts before the Congress some very clear decisions in terms of what our priorities ought to be. Let us not just have a balanced budget that is fiscally balanced. Let us have one that is also morally correct, and faces the real tough issues that we have to face as a country. I would offer to my colleagues that they seriously consider and cast a vote, not just to whisper quietly their support for the CBC alternative, but stand up and cast a vote on behalf of what is a reasonable fiscal policy for our country, in keeping with American priorities and with the promise of the next century that we should govern our votes by this evening.”