Political Quotes

“as I venture around eastern Long Island, where I am from, and talk to small business men and women and average families on my weekend visits home, they tell me increasingly that they do not understand a Washington that feels this compulsion to continue to spend, and does not think about looking in the checkbook to see if there is really any money there. I think that they would tell us this evening that if the Federal Government started acting like they do and only spent the kind of money that was coming in, as opposed to mortgaging us well into three and four generations out, that they would have more respect for their Federal government and the ways of Washington. It just causes me to pause here for a moment to wonder why we don't have multitudes rushing to get on board this tax limitation balanced budget amendment and to get it passed as soon as possible. Of course, that is what we are working tonight to encourage.”