Political Quotes

“The same people who are in charge of planning for the future are the people who have gotten us to the point where we are now. And unless we look at how we got into this situation, unless we scrutinize the decision-makers who brought us to this point, we cannot have confidence that we are being taken in the right direction as far as the future is concerned. If I could just say a word about the $87 billion that my friend referred to earlier. I think the American people need to know that if we were to take the 435 congressional districts in this country, and we were to divide $87 billion by the 435 congressional districts, what we would come out with is $200 million that could be spent in every congressional district in this country for the needs that exist back home, for the jobless people, for the children who do not have health care, for the older people who do not have prescription drugs.”