Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as I sit and listen to this debate today, there is no doubt the Democrats' position is let's just keep the status quo, don't change anything, let's continue on with our $17 trillion debt, let's continue to borrow and spend and spend and borrow and never change course. We know that is their position by way of the amendments they offered in the Budget Committee and by the conversation you hear on the floor today. Mr. Chairman, we also know that, by way of the Senate budget, when they put one out, because it never balances, and we know that because of the President's budget that he puts out, because it never balances. It passes off this massive liability to the next generation, and their policies have a real impact on the country as a whole. We talk about seniors. The Medicare trust fund is going broke in 12 years--it is going bankrupt--and my friends across the aisle, Mr. Chairman, don't want to change it. They want to leave our seniors today and our future seniors in jeopardy with a trust fund that is going broke. It is hard to lead. It is hard to put ideas on the table and say: listen, my friends, let's come together, let's be responsible, let's make it sustainable, let's fix it--when the response is: don't do a darned thing, continue on the course to a bankrupted trust fund. That doesn't serve our seniors well. That doesn't serve our next generation of seniors well.…”