Political Quotes

“We had some resilience. We had balance. We did not have to say we are going to look for offsets to help the people of New York get back on their feet. They are still recovering, but we did the right thing. I was down in Louisiana last weekend with members of the Committee on Agriculture. That is what makes this such an important night in what we are doing. We went to the food bank, the food bank in New Orleans, and really for Louisiana and the larger area the food they handed out last month was half what they had given out in one month the whole year last year. And we are looking at folks who have lost their jobs, who have lost their homes, who have lost everything they have, and we are saying that in this budget that we are going to offset against those folks? The gentleman has pointed out so many times we in this country help one another. It is not about taking from one group to fix another group. And as we look at these numbers, we literally are taking from our children and our grandchildren so folks today can live the high life. That is wrong. In the budget cuts we are going to be seeing coming down the road, the result of some of the policies that have been put in place over the last several years, we are going to see children denied an opportunity for education, a higher education.…”