Political Quotes

“we began a markup on the budget today. It is the first time in 3 years the Budget Committee has actually met to begin to mark up a bill. We had opening statements today. We made opening statements before we saw the chairman's mark, and the mark was produced later after the opening statements were completed. Tomorrow we will have a markup on the budget and it will be 1 day, and amendments will all be completed tomorrow. There will be several interruptions, but the determination is to finish, which, of course, is contrary to what we would like to have happen. The Republican members of the committee asked that we have a week set aside and we do opening statements beginning Monday or Tuesday and that we actually have amendments up during a normal process and be able to actually engage in the kind of debate I think would be helpful for the financial future of our country. The chair and the Democratic majority decided we would just do opening statements this afternoon and we would do all the amendments tomorrow and we will complete tomorrow regardless. So that is where we are. I am glad we do have a budget being brought forward. If it is brought to the floor, it will be the first time in 4 years the Democratic majority has brought a budget to the floor. This is in violation of plain law, statutory code of the United States, 1974, requiring a budget be passed every year and brought forward. They refused to do so.…”