Political Quotes

“Again, nine times the State of Wisconsin has come to Washington and gotten waivers. Nine times there have been no problems. In fact, if there were problems, we would not have the Governor of the State of Wisconsin traveling around the country claiming he is the king or the leader in welfare reform. If the Clinton administration had stymied them in any of those waiver requests, they would be barking, they would be screaming about it. But the Clinton administration has not stymied them in a single one, and that is one of the reasons it is successful. But the mortal sin, the mortal sin that the Clinton administration made in this matter was that they said ``We will work together.'' My God, how can we have a Democratic President offering to work with a Republican Governor? That is the mortal sin. That is where the President went over the line. He said I am going to work with them. We will work hand-in-hand to try to solve this American problem. It is not a Republican problem and it is not a Democratic problem, it is an American problem, and that is the way we should be addressing it. And, frankly, why I am embarrassed as a Representative from Wisconsin is that is the way we have done it in Wisconsin. We have worked together.…”