Political Quotes

“Well, let me just say to the Senator, I have served considerable time on the Environment and Public Works Committee. One of our former chairmen was a wonderful individual. He frequently used that--that this is not spending, this is an investment. And I would like to see any program around here, whether it is Social Security, whether it is Head Start, whether it is school lunch programs, or whether its elementary and secondary education, that there is not one of them who cannot stand on the floor and say, ``That is not spending, that is investment.'' We believe every one of those programs are an investment. And, by the way, I think that applies to the EPA programs. For example, is Superfund a spending program or is it an investment to clean up the environment of this Nation? Clearly, it is an investment. Now, I would further like to ask the Senator once again about the means of paying for this. Again, as I understand it, it is going to come from some area. Now is that area designated where it is going to come from? I have not understood that it is so pointed out in the measure. In other words, if it is going to come from some places, where? Does it say in the legislation?”