Political Quotes

“I appreciate the gentleman putting that information on the Record. The fact is that all of us, we are going to have to tell our staffs that we have to swallow a cost of living increase, which means that we are going to probably have to make cuts across-the-board. This bill freezes what we are going to be allocated for our personal staffs. I do not think that is what we want to do, and I do not think this is the proper allocation of very limited resources that are available to us. I do not think we want this bill to be the first and perhaps the only appropriations bill that actually gets enacted. I think we ought to be taking care of Health and Human Services first; of State, Justice, Commerce. FBI gets a 10 percent cut. Do we really want to deal with that when we have already provided significant increases for the leadership of this body? I do not think so. I do not think this shows that our priorities are in the right place. Mr. Speaker, I would urge a no vote on the rule.”