Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Arizona battling through as he is recuperating from illness to come down on the floor and make sure that the American people fully understand the fiscal state of our country. He does it well. He does it eloquently, but it is about time we turn it into action as I know the gentleman from Arizona agrees. My friend from Arizona was holding a chart that said $36 trillion because our country is about to cross the Rubicon of $36 trillion of debt. We will be staring at well over $40 trillion of debt within the next year and a half. If there is anything that should guide the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, the Republican majority in the United States Senate, and President Trump in the White House, it is that we must stop this disastrous spending of other people's money by the Federal Government in such a way that we are destroying the future of our kids and grandkids. The problem is, I will say this here tonight and my friend from Arizona will say this, but what are we going to do about it? Let me just lay out a couple of thoughts about this. As we come out of this historic win by President Trump with Republicans controlling the White House, the House, and the Senate, what are we going to do with it? Well, I will tell you what we have to do, we have to actually deliver on the promises that we made that we campaigned upon. As my friend from Ohio, Congressman Jim Jordan likes to say, do what we said we would do. It is time.…”