Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. I might point out that President Bush did not leave this country with a deficit; Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat colleagues left this Nation with a deficit. And it continued to grow. The first year of their governance, the deficit doubled. The second year, it tripled. Then it went to a trillion dollars, trillion dollars, and trillion dollars. And only under a Republican House have we started to cut the growth in the deficit today. The truth is, on immigration reform, Democrats held the Presidency, the House and the Senate, and they did nothing. When it comes to reducing the deficit, they held the House, the Senate, and the White House, and they did nothing. When it comes time to grow the economy and give the middle class a fighting chance, they held the House and the Senate and the Presidency and did nothing. Let's not stay the course, because that has got us going the wrong direction. We need to change it. The Republican budget does that. I reserve the balance of my time.”