Political Quotes

“our colleagues should vote for this budget, everybody on both sides of the aisle, for 3 reasons. First, it is a honest budget. No games playing. What we see is what we get. Secondly, it is a responsible budget. It keeps us on the road to fiscal responsibility, it maintains a budget surplus, it does not get us into the kind of partisan political gamesmanship that ultimately resulted in $300 billion deficits and a $5.4 trillion Federal debt. It keeps the momentum going towards fiscal responsibility that was reflected in the Bipartisan Balanced Budget Agreement just a few months ago. And thirdly and perhaps most importantly, it is doable. We pass this budget, and we get into conference with the Senate, and we can agree to a budget within a matter of weeks. We will get this budget enacted, and then we will get our appropriations bills enacted. And then we do not have to worry about the government shutting down. We do not have to worry about this Congress being embarrassed at our lack of inaction or lack of ability to work together in a constructive way.”