Political Quotes

“I believe late on a Friday evening, with very few of the public listening or watching, the Congress of the United States is about to accomplish an extraordinary feat. We have passed, or are about to pass automatically, a series of resolutions which will solve the immediate crisis before us, a crisis in the day-to-day administration of many of the agencies of our Federal Government. It is that crisis, of course, which has occupied the minds and hearts and the time of many Members of Congress, of almost all of our Federal employees, and of much of the administration over the course of the last several weeks. And it is an accomplishment in itself, given the controversial nature of the issues before us. From the perspective, from the point of view of the long-range interests of the people of the United States, however, that accomplishment pales by comparison with the near commitment we now have to a proposed balanced budget from the President of the United States, a goal we have sought unanimously on this side of the aisle, a goal sought by many on the other side of the aisle, for an extended period of time, for at least all of calendar year 1995.”