Political Quotes

“for those of us who are truly committed to achieving a balanced budget that will remain balanced, this first effort to implement the balanced budget agreement represents a true setback. They call this bill that we have under consideration today the reconciliation bill. Really, it is the wreckonciliation because it wrecks this budget agreement, and the first area in which it wrecks the budget agreement is by not having an adequate enforcement provision. Mr. Speaker, there is nothing new about promising a balanced budget in Washington. It is the guarantee of a balanced budget that really has some meaning, and around here a promise never seems to be a guarantee. We do not need more promises of a balanced budget, we need a guarantee, and we need it in this proposal. Rather than wrecking the budget agreement, we ought to be guaranteeing a truly balanced budget. What does this reconciliation bill say to the young American family that is out there struggling to make ends meet? Well, if we listen to the Republicans here in Washington, it says to that young American family, when you reach age 65, do not count on having any health protection because your Medicare coverage will not be there. We are going to escalate the age to 67 before you ever get Medicare coverage.”