Political Quotes

“I thank the Republican leader for his comments and would just say that the time we can borrow from the future to spend today in order to create some sort of sugar high that creates jobs is past. We have tried that. The debt has now reached a level where the debt itself is a threat to our economy. It is a cloud over our economy. It is slowing growth and job creation. I truly believe that. We need to move out of these difficult financial times we are in, but I think the debt itself now is a threat to us. I wish to speak about the minibus appropriations bill that is before the body and its effect on the budget we have. As the ranking Republican on the Budget Committee, I do believe it is my responsibility to present, as I am able, a straightforward, honest figure about the spending bills that come before our Senate. H.R. 2112 is the first of several minibus bills that apparently will be used in lieu of the normal appropriations process. This minibus is so named because it contains three appropriation bills put in one--not one as we normally see before the Senate: the Agriculture bill, Commerce-Justice-Science, and the Transportation and Housing bill, all cobbled together in one. The Democratic majority contends this package will save taxpayers money, but this is just more Washington accounting. We have crunched the numbers and discovered that these bills will not cut spending but will actually increase spending by $10 billion over last year.…”