Political Quotes

“I wish to share some remarks about the President's budget which he submitted today. This is it--the real budget. The President asked that the press pay for their copies this year. Maybe that will save a little money. It is a real document that is submitted every year by every President according to the law. Although the law also requires the Senate to pass a budget every year, we have violated it for over 1,000 days. In fact, the majority leader, Senator Reid, said it would be foolish for him to produce a budget--foolish for our colleagues to produce a budget, and I can only assume he thought it would not be good politics. It would not be foolish for America to have a budget. I will make a commitment that if I have anything to do about it and this Republican conference were to achieve a majority in the Senate next year, we will have a budget. It will change the debt course of America. It will be 10 years. It will be a document that brings debt under control and, to the maximum extent possible, will encourage economic growth. That is a responsibility that leaders have to deal with now, I believe. The President has produced this budget that claims to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion--I will talk about that--but it does not reduce the deficit $4 trillion. Basically, it doesn't reduce the deficit at all. This is his fourth year as President. This is the last budget of his Presidential term.…”