Political Quotes

“Mr. President, in recent days the President has repeatedly told Congress to pass the stimulus package immediately. This began during his joint address to Congress last week when he said at one point: I am sending this Congress a plan that you should pass right away. You should pass this jobs plan right away. Pass this jobs bill--pass this jobs bill. Immediately following the President's joint address to the Congress, Press Secretary Jay Carney declared: The President will submit a bill early next week, the American Jobs Act, which will specify how he proposes paying for the American Jobs Act. As ranking Republican on the Budget Committee and wrestling with these difficult issues--I know Senator Cardin is a member of the committee--we tried to figure out what this means and how much money the spending will be. But the bill that was transmitted to Congress Monday afternoon does not contain any fiscal tables, costs for any of his provisions, actually how those provisions will be paid for and when the pay-for will occur, or even an overall pricetag for the bill. How can the President call on Congress to ``pass this bill immediately'' when no one even knows how much it will cost or where the money is coming from? I sent a letter yesterday to the President's Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Jack Lew, asking that this information be provided to the Congress at once. But so far we have had no response.…”