Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am thrilled to be here. I thank the Senator for his leadership on this issue. I also thank Senator Enzi for the way he conducts committee business, as the Senator just mentioned. We are on a committee where basically the way it is set up, it binds both his arms and his legs behind his back, meaning that just the process we have in place makes it impossible for us to deal with our country's fiscal issues. With the Senator from Georgia joining the committee, having been a person who has dealt with businesses throughout the world, and quickly seeing these frailties that Chairman Enzi has to deal with, the Senator has thrown himself into trying to deal with those issues, and I admire him for it. I think the Senator from Georgia and I both know this is going to take a while because, in essence, we are talking about a total reorder. We really don't have a budget process. To even call what we do a budget, for most human beings' understanding of what a budget is, is obviously not realistic. So I thank my colleague for that. I am an advocate for what Senator Perdue and Senator Enzi are trying to do. We have to, in essence, get a process in place that actually works. That is impossible with the process we have today, and today is the perfect example of that, right? We passed a CR through December 9, and, by the way, we make no policy changes.…”