Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Roy for yielding time. Here we go again. The more things change, the more things stay the same. Fourteen months ago, we asked the American people to give us the majority. They entrusted us with the majority, running primarily on fiscal responsibility and securing the border. Thirteen months ago, we roundly condemned the omnibus, the $1.6 trillion Christmas omnibus that was put in place 13 months ago. Yet, we are operating today and now extending the very Biden-Pelosi-Schumer policies that are bankrupting the country, destroying the country, and under which the American people are suffering. Suffering, you ask. Yes. They are suffering under record 40-year high inflation and 20-year high interest rates. The average American family is paying $1,000 more a month for essentials than they were paying when the President was first elected 3 years ago. {time} 1600 We have a $200 billion monthly deficit, $2.5 trillion a year. As has already been said, we are $34 trillion in national debt. We will be $36 trillion in debt by the time we get to this next election, and we have the majority in one-half of the legislative branch. When will that begin to account for something? When will that begin to matter for something? When you have the majority in one branch or one House of one branch, shouldn't you get half of what your policy priorities are? Shouldn't you get half of your spending objectives?…”