Political Quotes

“It's a delight just to be with you, not a delight on this discussion that we're having. I want to thank the gentlelady from Wisconsin for her leadership and membership on the Budget Committee, and certainly the gentleman for Virginia on his leadership on the Budget Committee, and delighted to be a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and have a reasoned discussion. And just to pick up from where Mr. Scott was saying and just reinforce it, Medicare is solvent. Let me just turn. Medicare is solvent. Medicare is solvent. Medicare is solvent and it is strong. It is solvent to 2024. Social Security, which is not even an issue, has nothing to do with this deficit. It is a trust fund, but more importantly, it is solvent until 2037. Let me repeat myself that Medicare is solvent. Social Security is solvent until 2037. That is really a lifetime. The gentleman has made a very good point that I would like to pursue in discussing fiscal deadlines. I have washed my mouth out with soap and will no longer yield to terminology that has been used that is falsifying where we are. Let me first go over, and I'm going to mix some apples and oranges a little bit of what the President has offered us. I know we've heard it, but let me reinforce the fact. And my numbers are going to be not precise, but I'm going to say that 1.2, 1.1, over 1 trillion in tax cuts. And then a war dividend, a peace dividend of about 1 trillion--I want to say war, but war savings.…”