Political Quotes

“I appreciate the opportunity to be with our colleague, Senator Stabenow, who serves on the Budget Committee. Just briefly, and then I would yield to Senator Roberts, President Obama, on March 13 of this year, said: And so--you know, my goal is not to chase a balanced budget for the sake of balance. Now, my colleagues--and we have been counting--so far have used the word ``balanced'' at least 14, maybe 15 times already. They use the word ``balance,'' but their budget comes nowhere close to balancing. It never balances. It has no potential to balance. It is focused on spending and more taxes, not balancing the budget. Senator Reid said: We want to pay down the debt. There is no plan whatsoever to get our deficit to zero so we can begin to pay down debt. I believe Senator Stabenow used the phrase, ``a commonsense way to balance a budget.'' There is no plan to balance the budget. Let's be honest. Those words can be said repeatedly, over and over, but I really can't hear them. What I hear is the budget document itself, and it says: I am not balanced, I will never balance, and that is a fact. It is great to have Senator Roberts of Kansas here, and I yield to Senator Roberts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas.”