Political Quotes

“At this time, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock), who understands, first and foremost, that Washington must do what every family in the United States does, and that is to balance its budget. Mr. McCLINTOCK. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chairman, this Nation is on a collision course with a sovereign debt crisis, the magnitude of which we have never experienced. This is not some moonless night on the Atlantic. We are spending full speed ahead toward that iceberg of debt in the full light of day, and we can all see that plainly. The House budget turns the ship just barely enough to avoid hitting that same hazard which has already wrecked Greece. The RSC budget turns us promptly and safely. It builds on the House Budget Committee's work, but within the budget passed by the House last year as adjusted by the sequester. I've heard the descriptions--it's draconian, it's radical, it's extreme. It returns us to the spending levels before the Obama-Pelosi spending binge began in 2008. That might sound extreme to my friends across the aisle, but I assure them many families have been working within flat or even diminished family budgets since then and they have every right to expect that their government, over the next 5 years, does what they have already been doing over the past 5--work hard, waste not, and live within your means.…”