Political Quotes

“I think we absolutely are, thanks to your efforts and that of the gentleman from Michigan. I think the fact is the 104th Congress, fired up by 86 new freshmen, 73 Republican, 13 Democrat, I think it is pretty evident that we have an accountability issue out here where the people are saying, OK, you say you are going to make Congress more accountable, you say you are going to hold the line on taxes and spending, let us see if you can do it, and if you can, you may come back, if you do not, then maybe you are just like past Congresses that said one thing and did another. If I could just add to that point, I think we have certainly set the tone by passing the balanced budget amendment, line item veto, unfounded mandates, regulatory reform, deficit lockbox reduction where we are going to have the savings go into taxpayers having to pay less interest on the national debt, those kinds of programs which the people of the United States want, Mr. Speaker, which are, in fact, what they have gotten.”