Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I voted for that continuing resolution as I have for its predecessors out of a sense of frustration and the absence of any other reasonable alternative. But, Mr. President, I am taking this occasion to announce that will be my last vote for such a continuing resolution because I believe that we are acting in a highly irresponsible and embarrassing--and adverse to the interests of the people of this Nation--manner by the way in which we are conducting the fiscal affairs of this great Nation. When the Congress, or any other entity responsible for spending funds, sets out to enact a budget, one of those important goals of such enactment is to chart the future. The essence of budgeting is to carry out a plan with certain objectives and destinations. Budgets should be the means by which that plan is given life. In a cruel irony, however, Mr. President, a perverse Washington twice has turned budgeting upside down. The current budget process frustrates--even prevents--effective planning and implementation.”