Political Quotes

“I will tell you, the Republican Party is going to stand up for jobs again today. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, how much time do I have left? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts controls 3\1/2\ minutes. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield myself 1 minute. Before I yield to our last speaker, let me again just remind my colleagues what this debate is about. It is about whether we should pay as we go. That is what families do. That is what we should do here. I don't know why that's a radical idea in the Republican Conference, but it's the responsible thing to do. My friends on the other side are responsible for creating this economic mess. They should share that responsibility with us now to get this economy out of the ditch. And one final thing, Madam Speaker, trying to balance the budget by going after Social Security and Medicare is the wrong way to go. These are important programs that provide important benefits, mostly to our senior citizens, and we should not allow them to wither on the vine and be subject to a Republican budget that would basically take a meat-ax to those programs. That is the wrong way to go. {time} 1245 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from Massachusetts has expired. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield myself an additional 30 seconds, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, again, I would remind my colleagues that we are facing tough times, but tough times require tough decisions.…”