Political Quotes

“Well, I agree with that, and it is just odd to me--and contrary to the heritage of the Senate--for the majority leader to assume as much power as is being assumed now. I am ranking member on the Budget Committee, and essentially the Democratic leadership told the Budget Committee not to even mark up a budget this year even though the statutes of the United States in the United States Code require Congress to have a budget. I know the Senator is a skilled lawyer. His father was Solicitor General of the United States. It is probably the most prestigious position a lawyer can have in America, in my opinion. To be able to stand before the U.S. Supreme Court and to represent the U.S. Government in court is an honor that is very high. So he is a student of the law, and I know he is familiar with the statutes of the United States that require a budget. It doesn't say you go to jail if you don't, I will admit, but it says we should have a budget. Does the Senator think the people in Utah--and I think the people in Alabama--would think we should have a budget because it is the right thing to do, No. 1, and, No. 2, we should do it because it is the law?”