Political Quotes

“I will support the Senate budget resolution brought to the Senate by the Budget Committee and Chairman Conrad. This budget continues the long process that the new Congress started last year to restore fiscal responsibility and order to our Federal budget. I commend Chairman Conrad and his colleagues on the Budget Committee for producing a responsible budget resolution that strives to meet the real needs of the American people and to optimize our Nation's most pressing challenges and opportunities. As we debate the budget, it is important to recall how we got to this point. When he took office in January of 2001, President Bush inherited a record Federal budget surplus. Instead of steering the country on a prudent course that would have helped prepare for the retirement of the baby boomers, supported the aspirations of working families, met the pressing needs of those who are struggling, and paid down our large national debt, the President immediately pushed through more than $1 trillion in tax cuts aimed at the wealthiest Americans and corporations. Since then, the Bush administration has pursued fiscal policies of recklessness and squander that have short-circuited the priorities of hard-working families, children and seniors.”