Political Quotes

“We've heard a lot about the Members on the other side of the aisle trying to take credit for the fiscal responsibility in the 1990s. I think we need to review what actually happened during those years. I came into Congress in 1993, and the first tough votes we had to cast were on the budget. We passed a tough budget. It passed by one vote in the House and a tie-breaking vote by the Vice President in the Senate. Not a single Republican voted for that tough budget. In fact, it's that budget that we are talking about that laid the groundwork for the fiscal responsibility for the 1990s. And on that vote, when the last vote was cast by Marjorie Margolies- Mezvinsky from Pennsylvania, the Members on the other side of the aisle did not congratulate her for casting the tie-breaking vote to pass the bill. They started chanting ``Bye-bye, Marjorie,'' and she was defeated with that vote in her next election. In fact, she was defeated along with almost 50 Members of the Democratic Party who voted for that budget. In 1995, when the Republicans came in with a majority, they tried to dismantle the budget. And in fact, President Clinton vetoed all of those budgets that they had offered; and we shut down the government, rather than dismantle that plan. Finally, when the deficit had gone from $290 billion down to less than $25 billion, then the Members on the other side of the aisle joined on as we crossed the finish line.…”