Political Quotes

“I ran for Congress because I felt that the Federal budget deficit was out of control and threatening future generations of Americans. We are paying $240 billion a year in interest on the national debt. If you look at projections of Federal spending from now until the year 2002, and 2005 and beyond, it is not easy to see that we are going to bankrupt future generations of Americans. Long-term economic growth will be impossible if we do not get our Federal budget deficit under control, and we must have the courage to act and the courage to make tough choices. Getting the Federal budget deficit under control is not about easy choices, and hear all the talk about tax cuts; those are the easy choices. I had a plan when I got to Congress, my own plan to actually balance the budget. It was not easy to put together. It was put together through a combination of increases in revenues, in cuts, in spending. I have been committed to cutting the deficit since I got to Congress.”