Political Quotes

“we are at the end of this debate and virtually at the end of this bill. I would say this has been a good debate, a useful debate, and I think, largely, a helpful one. But we now have to make the choice between a number of alternative budgets. The immediate choice is to decide whether to pass the Kasich budget. I want to salute the gentleman from Ohio. I think he is one of our talented and able Members, and I think he has made a positive contribution to this debate, both with this substitute and with his own exceptional efforts. But I cannot agree with him, nor with the distinguished Republican whip, that this is the wiser course for us to take, or that the Sabo budget represents an endorsement of some mythical welfare state. It is not a welfare state that provides for basic nutrition for nursing mothers in WIC; or provides for educational benefits for our children in school; or deals with the problems of our senior citizens in Medicare; or provides student loan opportunities for students to prepare for their responsibilities in work and citizenship. None of these things that this Sabo bill provides, and the Kasich bill cuts would, I think, raise any serious question among the American people. The Sabo budget is a sound, responsible, effective budget, and it is a budget that is reducing the deficit.”