Political Quotes

“I couldn't agree more. The truth is, that is how this country is going broke. There are two ways the counting is done in our budget. One is a unified accounting process, and the other one shows these numbers in the fashion you and I put forward. They assume the money that comes in for the newly legalized people, Medicare and Social Security, is going to be available for their Social Security and Medicare. They can't then assume it is available to spend on something else. The weakness in our system has been manipulated before. We need to stop it. I thank the Senator for raising that. Of course, I remember well how many good years you spent on the Budget Committee, and the Senator understands it very well. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of Colorado). The Senator from Maine.”