Political Quotes

“It is such a pleasure to come to the floor tonight as we start a new fiscal year for the U.S. Government. A new year is a time where you get to look back at what happened last year, where you get to redirect your focus and talk about what your priorities are going to be and the goals that you want to set. Now, we all do that with our families as we get to the end of the calendar year and start the new calendar year in January. It is a time that we enjoy. I hope for each of us, as Members of the House, as we start this fiscal year, that we will put some attention on what we spend and how we spend. Now, Madam Speaker, over the weekend, I had the opportunity to do a town hall with some of my constituents. One of them said, 'Do you know, I have been reading Alan Greenspan's book. My goodness, it is amazing to me, absolutely amazing to me what Congress spends, how much money they spend. It is amazing to me that we have seen this debt skyrocket through the '70s, through the '80s and begin to level off through the '90s but still continue to grow.'”