Political Quotes

“I appreciate the gentleman from New York for yielding. As we talk about these issues--and I've been listening today as my colleagues have been discussing the tax policy--if you take a step back, if you look at all of the different rules and regulations and bills that have taken place over the course of the last 3\1/2\ years, it's a torrential rain. We have to take it almost raindrop by raindrop, looking at each policy, each rule, each law that has gone into effect. I want to take a moment to step back from the tax debate and first start with the conversation in regard to the budget because I think most Americans that I talk to, they are very nervous about what's happening with this ever-expanding government and ever-expanding debt. Many Americans know we owe now $15.6 trillion. They know we've borrowed $1 trillion every year for the last 3 years. So they will step back and go, Well, what's the plan? How do we address this really difficult problem? I know a lot of the moms in my district are concerned about who's lending us that money. Ask the Chinese. They're concerned about their kids that they're raising so well, are educating so well. What kind of an America are they going to grow up in? So they say, Listen, what kind of budget are you going to have? How are you going to fix it?…”