Political Quotes

“Let us talk about being ashamed, $5 trillion worth of shame. And who pays? The auto mechanic and the nurse who works at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital who are sitting at their kitchen table as we sit here. They are sitting at their kitchen table trying to figure out how they are going to feed the spending monster in Washington. Mr. Speaker, who should be ashamed? We should be ashamed. For 40 years this body has taken upon itself to spend and spend and spend. Most recently in 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, and 1993, this body has said, 'We are going to just get more money from the average working people,' average working people, who are out at home trying to make hard-earned dollars as we sit here in Washington trying to take those hard-earned dollars and redistribute them to our own political constituencies. Who pays? They are paying. The American people are paying, and they are tired of it.”