Political Quotes

“I rise to salute some brave Senators who are standing up for our Constitution, standing up for Social Security, and standing up to a Speaker of the House who has called them liars and is intimating that they are perpetuating some mythical fraud. In the rush to judgment on these contract issues that we are facing, we are being told, ``Trust us. Go along with our 100-day schedule.'' We are also being told to go along with the fact that Social Security is not really going to be affected by the balanced budget amendment. But in the more deliberative conduct of the other body the mask has now come off. Republicans now not only admit that they are attempting to pull the largest daylight robbery in the history of the Social Security fund, but in an effort to get that one last vote they need to pass the balanced budget amendment, they are now trying to negotiate for how long that theft will occur. Will it happen by 2012, 2010, or 2008? Mr. Speaker, this is Monty Hall's ``Let's Make a Deal.''”