Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished gentleman. We need investment in human resources. And all we're doing today is denouncing and ridding ourselves of the obligatory responsibility that we have when we take an oath to this Constitution every 2 years. I don't want to be a spoilsport today. I believe we should tighten our belt. There are many ways of doing so, looking at the financial transactions on Wall Street or the Chicago commodities. Many ways to do it. But this is a stranglehold on our neck. I refuse to cut seniors, children, Social Security because you won't do your job. This is a bad amendment. I will not vote for it. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.J. Res. 2, ``Proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.'' While I support bipartisan efforts to increase the debt limit and to resolve our differences over budgetary revenue and spending issues, I cannot support a bill that unduly constrains the ability of Congress to deal effectively with America's economic, fiscal, and job creation troubles. In my lifetime, I have never seen such a concerted effort to ransom the American economy in order to extort the American public.…”