Political Quotes

“We thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding back, and we thank him so much for his service to this House. Mr. Speaker, as we close for the Christmas season, I do want to make just a few comments about what has transpired today. And I think it is so noteworthy that those Members who are departing have stood on this floor tonight and have talked about what it means to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and how grateful we are that they have chosen that service. And we each have shared a commitment to make certain that we are committed to pushing--pushing--the Federal Government to get its fiscal house in order. Indeed, Mr. Hensarling many times has said that that is our primary goal as conservatives because we know that the greatest threat to our Nation's security is our nation's debt. Many of us talk about Admiral Mullen's comments on July 6, 2010, when he said that the greatest threat to our Nation's security is our Nation's debt. This week, as we have looked at the so-called fiscal cliff, as we have looked at the expiration of the tax cuts, as we have worked through the growing and just boiling and rolling debt that is sweeping over this government, as we have watched this deficit climb higher every year, we have sought to find a solution to this.…”