Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am glad to be here today with the Senator from Missouri, my friend Claire McCaskill. We are introducing a bill called the Commitment to American Prosperity Act, the CAP Act. It is a 10-page bill designed to limit spending in Washington and set our country back on a sustainable fiscal path. We have cosponsors in Senators Alexander, Burr, McCain, Isakson, Chambliss, Inhofe, and Kirk. I thank them for joining us in this effort. I hope many more will do the same. I spent a lifetime in business, and I came to the Senate not to score political points, not to be involved in messaging, but to solve our country's problems. Everyone in this body understands we have tremendous fiscal and financial issues with which to deal. This morning I was happy to see 33 Senators meet over at the visitor center from both sides of the aisle to listen to people involved in the financial industry talking about the path we are on and what that is going to lead to as far as the ruination of our fiscal situation and our ability to borrow money at low rates as we are today. All of us know what that will mean to our citizens. There is no one who doesn't understand how problematic our financial situation is. I know the Congressional Budget Office just said that this year alone we will have a $1.5 trillion budget deficit. I think everyone in this body is very aware that we cannot continue on that path. For that reason, Senator McCaskill and I have crafted a 10-page bill, a very simple bill.…”