Barbara Gibson Quotes

The idea that House and Senate GOP leaders would write two tax reconciliation numbers in the budget -- $550 billion for the House and $350 billion for the Senate -- is not only a cry of desperation by our Republican friends, but also an outrage and a farce!

Today, the U.S. Congress declares America`s independence from hanging chads, butterfly ballots and a broken outdated election system that nearly provoked a constitutional crisis two years ago.

You see him. You recognize him,

Our economy is stagnant; we need to create more jobs and promote economic growth, ... We need to expand access to health care, enact a patients` bill of rights, and adopt a real prescription drug benefit for our seniors.

We are breaking a promise, and that is unfair to the people who fought so long and so hard for this legislation.

very concerned by OPM`s announcement tonight of a significant increase in health insurance premium costs.

We don`t want the perfect to be the enemy of the good. This is a good bill. Is it a perfect bill? Probably not. Do we ever pass a perfect bill? Probably not,

(Many politicians see no problem with that. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, argues that it is better for members to earmark money for their districts than to leave spending to the) bureaucrats. ... I hope not... . Pork barrel is in the eye of the beholder.

The ethics committee exercised its responsibility, what was the Republican response? Fire them. Intimidate them,

It does not do what they say it does.