Political Quotes

“I hope people were listening to my colleague from Tennessee. I thought he made a very good argument that we are bringing to close a debate that really never began. I don't remember debating doubling the size of the Education Department budget. I do know that education spending in Washington has grown significantly under the Bush years. Maybe there is room for it to grow even more. But I thought we were trying to create jobs to get our economy going. I am quite confident that many of the programs they are trying to expand in the Education Department have more to do with a particular agenda of a few people than creating jobs. The health care issue is enormous. Providing broadband service to rural America is very important. There is $9 billion in this bill to do that. But the question is, Does that money create a job in the near term? The reason I believe we need a stimulus package is because I don't think the private sector has the ability to jump-start the economy because they can't borrow money.”