Randy Tate: “The gentleman hit it right on the nose. When I am home, as I said earlier, people are always coming up and saying, stay…”

“The gentleman hit it right on the nose. When I am home, as I said earlier, people are always coming up and saying, stay the course, do not give up, keep fighting, stick to the promises that were made. As far as ahead as we believe we are as a freshman class, the public is even further. They want the changes today. They do not want to hear about it even 7 years ago. They want to hear about how we are going to balance the budget. So the things to keep in mind, and I guess it was Ross Perot that coined this phrase, the freshman class is the new third party. We are making the kind of changes that people want to see, but we have to continue to fight that battle. And the gentleman touched on another key point that I think that we really need to drive home. If we just did welfare reform this year, it would be a monumental year. If we just balanced the budget this year, that would be incredibly monumental. If we just provided tax relief for working families, there could be nothing more important. If we saved Medicare, that is going bankrupt, I can think of nothing more important. We are going to do all of those before we leave this place.”