Political Quotes

“That is correct, Mr. President, and I thank the Senator from Vermont for being so fastidious. Back to what I was talking about. I know a lot of people on both sides of the aisle have spent a great deal of time looking at ways for us to lessen, if not close, the tremendous amount of the deficit we have in this country. I think everybody understands what a threat this is to our economic security--candidly, to, I believe, our national security--and I think many of us have paid close attention to what has happened to other countries in this type of situation. There is a strong sense on both sides of the aisle, and becoming even stronger, that this is an issue we as a country have to deal with. What is unique about the issue of this fiscal deficit our country has is that it is something totally within our hands. In other words, we can deal with this. This is not like some of the situations we deal with in Afghanistan or other places, where it takes others, if you will, working with us to ensure our efforts there are successful. This is something we as a Congress can solve. Again, the economy requires private sector investment and people doing work outside of this body to create the kind of prosperity we would like to see. But this is totally within our control. So, Mr. President, I really do try to look at the bright side of things. On the other hand, I was disappointed to see the President's budget today and the lack of urgency that was displayed there and the lack of concern.…”