Political Quotes

“We have lost the initial battle on NAFTA; we have lost the battle on GATT in a lame-duck session of Congress. The gentlewoman pointed out those Americans out there that have invested in United States savings bonds have no idea what the GATT agreement meant to them, and so I would simply say that we have got to persist, we have got to make sure that those parochial projects, like all you have talked about that affect the lives of taxpaying American citizens, that impact the creation of jobs in the United States of America, the wealth, the security, the lifestyle of American citizens, is in fact the day-to-day business of this House, and we also need to understand, and I do not want to repeat something I said earlier, but once we go down this pathway, the pathway that has been laid out for us to guarantee these loans to Mexico, when could we ever say no again? It is historical, it is setting a precedent, and I hope that the taxpayers will react, and I hope, as Members of Congress, we react. Mr. Speaker, I just hope that this House will not lend its OK to this inane idea.”