Political Quotes

“I think George Orwell would find this rhetoric very, very familiar. I would suggest that my colleagues turn to page 277 of the committee report. It simply says, it shows quite clearly that in fiscal year 2001 the program administrators, the people actually spending this money, are going to have $12.3 billion more money to spend than they had in fiscal year 2000; $12.3 billion. That is an increase. The 2001 number is bigger than the 2000 number. It is not just a little bit bigger. It is 14.5 percent bigger. That is three times the rate at which the economy is growing. It is about five times the rate of inflation. But what we are hearing from the other side is that even that increase is not enough. Frankly, I think it is too high, but it is consistent with the budget resolution that we passed in this Chamber and in the other Chamber, and I am going to support it. But to hear the other side complaining about cuts is shocking to me.”