Political Quotes

“I wish to respond briefly to my friend from Washington. The prevention fund that was created by the Affordable Care Act that is part of the President's signature health care bill has more than adequate money in it to pay for the research, the mosquito eradication, and the other services that are necessary. It is not depriving anyone of money that they otherwise would have coming. What it does do is it alleviates the financial burden on future generations to actually pay the money back that we insist on spending without providing for adequate offsets. So increasing deficits is why the national debt has almost doubled under this President because of the reckless spending. We are trying to do this in a responsible, bipartisan, and, indeed, I would say, nonpartisan sort of way, but apparently that is not acceptable to our friends on the other side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator object?”