Political Quotes

“the time has come in this Chamber for action. Senator Dole summed it up absolutely correct when he said in the other Chamber, ``Enough is enough,'' as he guided a continuing resolution through the other Chamber that opened up the Federal Government. We need to do the same thing in this Chamber. I have thousands of Federal employees in my district, in the Social Security Administration, in the Veterans' Administration, at Federal prisons, at Minersville, Lewisburg, and Allenwood who are either on a furlough, or who are being forced to work extra hours, an extra shift, and not being paid. It is not right to use Federal employees as pawns in this game in this whole budget debate. So I say to my colleagues, let us pass a continuing resolution and let us continue this debate on balancing the budget. I say to my colleagues on the other side, I want to work with you. I want to work with you in balancing the budget in 7 years using CBO numbers, and we can do that. The framework for doing that is already in place.”