Political Quotes

“less than 3 months ago President Clinton, who brought us Goals 2000, AmeriCorps, a $260 billion tax increase to pay for more Federal spending, a plan for Government-run health care, a $16 billion pork-barrel stimulus package, and to cap it all off $800 billion in new debt, stood in this room and with a straight face spoke these words: ``The era of big government is over.'' Well, well, well, and how is President Clinton hoping to end the era of big government today? Let us see, he is demanding, as his price to keep the Government open, $8 billion more--that is right $8 billion--in new big government spending. Mr. Speaker, the President may have declared the end of an era, but that is about all he did. Now, do not get me wrong, Republicans have done their part. We have saved American taxpayers more than $20 billion in the past year. But make sure you look beyond the words and observe the actions--Bill Clinton is big government's last line of defense, and he has got an $8 billion plan to prove it.”