Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are at the last hour, if you will, the last day for sure, in dealing with what has become probably the biggest fiscal crisis our country has dealt with in some time. I have heard a number of my colleagues from the other side come down and talk about the importance of getting a solution. We all want to get a solution. We do not want to have a situation tomorrow where tax rates go up on everybody across this country who has an income tax liability. We obviously do not want to see our defense have to deal with what would be deep cuts in our national security budget. Those are two things that will happen tomorrow unless Congress can act to prevent that. So count me among those who want to see a solution. I certainly hope the negotiations that are occurring right now can conclude in a way that will give us an outcome that prevents those tax rates from increasing on Americans across this country and also put in place some things that would actually deal with the real problem. The real problem is our country spends too much. We are where we are because we have not done our work when we should have previously. Think about the fact that for 3 consecutive years--3 years in a row--in the Senate, we have not passed a budget. We spend $3.5 trillion of American taxpayer money every single year, and for 3 consecutive years we have not had a budget.…”