Political Quotes

“the American people have won a victory with reference to these budget negotiations. We are reversing the deficit spiral under Republican administrations in the 1980's. We are making continued progress toward balancing the budget. It is, as my Republican colleagues have said this morning, a historic moment. It is just that they miss what the historic moment is all about. For, as my colleagues can see, all of this could have been accomplished last year without the Gingrich goofs, without the Government shutdowns that cost the American people $1.5 billion, without the pain that that caused people all over this country. Today we have achieved this negotiation without taking cops off the street, as they wanted to, without savaging the School Lunch Program, without wrecking the environment. We have accomplished this because the American people have spoken out and said they have had enough of extremism. We Democrats did not have a majority of votes to accomplish this, but we had a majority of right on our side, and thanks to the involvement of the American people we have said no to the Gingrich extremisms and achieved a victory.”