Political Quotes

“I thank Senator Wicker for raising this point because we need to discuss this, and the American people need to ask themselves who is telling the truth about this and who is accurate about this. A group of us spoke--40 or more Republicans--and we expressed frustration with the lack of action in this body, the likes of which we have never seen perhaps in our history, with regard to not passing an appropriations bill. Historic research has been done, and we have not passed a single appropriations bill only two times: 2010 and this year, both under this Democratic leadership. Those are the only times in history that no appropriations bill has passed. Yesterday, however, Senator Reid used this language. It kind of hurt my feelings, because I said we didn't have a budget, and I am the ranking member of the Budget Committee. Maybe 10 or 15 Republicans talked about our not having a budget, and Senator Reid said: ``It is a lie to say we don't have a budget.'' I don't know if that violates the rules of the Senate about personal attacks, but I try not to use that word--lie. I try not to say a colleague is lying. Even if I ever would say something like that, I would want to be sure I had absolute proof to back it up. And that is a responsibility. You know, we like Harry Reid. I consider him a friend, I really do. He has always treated me fairly on the floor. But I have to say, the majority leader shouldn't have said that. First of all, it is not accurate.…”