Political Quotes

“I thank Senator Paul for raising these issues. We are mismanaging the American people's money. It is good to see Senator Lee, who just spoke, and Senator Paul, both new Members of the Senate, who have been out talking to the American people and made commitments that they are going to work to try to improve the process here. I celebrate their activity, their vigor, and their determination, and a lot of others feel the same way in our body. Shortly we will be moving a cobbled-together bill. An attempt will be made to accomplish this. I expect budget points of order and another point of order to be raised. I want to share some thoughts about how it is we do business and some of the efforts that are not legitimate as we go about our business and are dangerous to the financial health of America. Let's take what we call the LUST fund. I know it is an odd name. The true name of it is the leaking underground storage tank fund. People who have them have to pay fees, and it goes into a fund. The idea of the fund is to be available when cleanups need to be done. When the company or other companies have gone bankrupt and there is no money, this fund will pay to clean up the waste. Maybe it makes sense. It has been operating for quite a number of years. It has run up a surplus. That surplus is in the LUST trust fund--leaking underground storage tank fund--and where does it go? What do you do with that money?…”