Political Quotes

“what a difference 3 weeks can make. Since January 4, the new Republican-led Congress, under the leadership of Newt Gingrich, has cut the number of committees and subcommittees, cut the number of committee staffs by one-third, limited the terms of committee chairmen, ended the dishonest practice of baseline budgeting, opened committee meetings to the public, banned the practice of ghost voting, and have voted to audit the books of this Chamber. But, Mr. Speaker, that was not enough. In addition to those reforms, we passed the Congressional Accountability Act which forces Congress to live under the same laws we make the rest of the country live under, and as an encore we passed the balanced budget amendment last week which will force this body to live within our means just like every American family must do everyday. Mr. Speaker, the bottom line here is that the Republicans, the people elected to take care of this Congress, are keeping our promises.”