Political Quotes

“I thank Chairman Biggs, my friend from Arizona for his leadership on this all-important issue. I also thank my friend from Montana and his remarks just a moment ago. Mr. Speaker, the Founders gave, in the Constitution, the authority for spending to the House of Representatives. It is the House of Representatives that most directly reflects where the American people are, what the American people's wishes are on a Federal level. It is not the White House. It is not the Senate. It certainly is not the Supreme Court. It is the people's House, the House of Representatives, which proportionally represents everyone across the country equally with some 800,000 citizens per representative. It is the House of Representatives that has the responsibility to ensure our ability to pay our Nation's debts and to protect the credit or the borrowing capacity for when it is necessary of the United States Federal Government. We talk often about what are the greatest threats to the country. There are numerous existential threats to our country right now, I would submit like never before in the history of the United States, brought on by the policies of this administration, Mr. Speaker, and those who had the majority of both Houses for the previous 2 years. Whether it is the open border where some 6 to 7 million illegals have swarmed into our country, facilitated and helped by this administration's policies.…”