Political Quotes

“the Senator from Texas did an excellent job of outlining the amendment. I think his comments are very persuasive. Let me add one element to the veracity of the comments of the Senator from Texas. He said this bill has some $2.5 billion for offset emergencies. He said but on average, about this fiscal year, that we will get up to five. There was discussion in the Cloakroom about an amendment to add another $1.6 billion of emergency spending. So maybe before the day is out, as opposed to before the year is out, we will get to our $5 billion in emergency spending for this year. When I say 'emergency,' people tend to think when you hear the term 'emergency,' an ambulance, or something that has to be done right away. A lot of these things don't have to be done right away. As the Senator from Texas laid out, a lot of this spending doesn't get spent right away. It gets spent in the long term. What we are trying to do is say, look, if you have an emergency now, we have to spend the money now. We are in the middle of the fiscal year.”