Political Quotes

“Mr. President, as of now, we are scheduled to vote on a motion to proceed to S.J.R. 20 regarding Libya. We have been called into session--having made plans to spend this week in our States meeting with constituents, as we try to do at least once a month-- because there is a budget crisis in this country, because we have a debt ceiling of over $14 trillion that is getting ready to be hit and we need to focus on that and that alone during this week. We have been talking about it, we have been talking around it, but, honestly, we don't seem to be making much progress. If we are going to do anything this week, we should be talking about how we are going to address this issue. This is what is on the minds of the people of our country today. I was home over the weekend, having just gotten back, and everyone I talked to is scared to death about this debt, about what is going to happen. People think there does need to be significant change, reform, a different way of doing business than borrowing and borrowing and borrowing. They are also concerned about hitting the debt ceiling and not lifting it. They are wondering what in the heck we are going to do. So now we are back here in session because of that crisis, and somehow we are talking about Libya. Libya is important. It is important because there are American troops, part of a coalition that was put there by the President without consulting Congress, and now there is a resolution, which, frankly, I cannot support.…”