“If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it.”

“There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.”