Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator. I thank him for his great group of freshmen Senators who have added so much common sense to our problem. We were not elected to preside over the financial decline of America. We were not elected to skirt the law. We were not elected to shut down committees, to shut down debate, to cede our constitutional responsibility to secret meetings and closed-door proceedings. We were elected to do our duty, and there is no higher duty than to protect the American people from a clear and present danger. For that reason, I will oppose cloture on today's motion to waive section 303(c) of the Budget Act. I will vote to sustain the budgetary point of order, and I will encourage my colleagues to support my amendment raising that budget point of order to a threshold of 60 votes. This is only the beginning of our fight. There will be more votes, more objections, more points of order working with my colleagues. I will give all that I have to help put this country on a sound, honest, financial path. Washington must recognize that America's strength does not lie in the size of our government, but in the scope of our freedoms and in the hearts of our people. The debt we have today is already pulling down our economic growth. Experts tell us we have lost 1 percent of economic growth because our debt exceeds 90 percent of our total economy--90 percent of GDP. It is 95 percent of GDP right now. We will reach 100 percent of GDP by the end of this year.…”