Political Quotes

“I had wanted to offer two amendments, one that would have prohibited government officials from attending the genocide Olympics on taxpayer money, and also Members of Congress. And no Member of Congress who speaks out on human rights should go to that Olympics. Secondly, I wanted to offer an amendment that would create a bipartisan commission, much like the Iraq Study Group, to look at everything, to put everything on the table, all of the spending and tax policies, to get control of our spending and where we are. We have $54 trillion of unfunded liabilities in this Nation. We have $9 trillion of debt, $1 trillion that the Chinese hold, and the Saudis also hold a large portion, the Saudis who had 15 Wahabbies on those airplanes that went into our buildings. Standard & Poor's says we will lose our AAA bond rating in 2012, and Moody's says we will lose it in 2018. The value of the dollar is falling like a rock. Gasoline is increasing. Mr. Speaker, what kind of country are we leaving to our children? Are we leaving a country whereby China and Saudi Arabia will be their bankers? Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran pastor who stood up to the Nazis, said, "The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children." This Congress, on both sides of the aisle, Republican and Democratic side, is not leaving a very good situation to their children and their grandchildren.”