Political Quotes

“How do you explain that to your constituents? How do you explain, Well, I voted for that because it is important that Washington, D.C., and all these programs needed your money, needed the money that you wake up every day and go to work for. They needed it, and you didn't. Mr. Roy, people in my district pack their lunch at night. They get up early while it is still dark. They kiss their little children that are in their beds asleep while it is still dark, and they leave for work. They count on us here to make sure that we are faithfully, adequately, appropriately, responsibly spending their hard-earned dollars. Mr. Higgins, you talked about this the other day in conference. Your paycheck. People work hard for it, and they depend on us. And what do we do with it? Mr. Roy, give us an example. You got like a thousand of them there. How do we blow it?”