Political Quotes

“I rise to voice my concerns about this Agricultural supplemental appropriations bill. I believe reaching forward into next year to spend an additional $2 billion is fiscally irresponsible and, frankly, unnecessary. Even though some of that $2 billion in additional spending will benefit farmers in my State, I do not believe at a time when we are debating issues of great importance-- Medicare prescription drugs, Social Security, other issues such as that, where we are going to be needing resources to solve those problems--reaching forward to next year, when we are going to be doing a farm bill next year, to allocate those resources is the wise course to take. I do not want you to take my word for it. We have just received a Statement of Administration Policy about this legislation. I want to quote from it: The Administration strongly opposes S. 1246 as reported by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry because spending authorized by the bill would exceed $5.5 billion, the amount provided in the budget resolution and the amount adopted by the House. If S. 1246 is presented to the President at a level higher than $5.5 billion, the President's senior advisers will recommend he veto the bill.”