“Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going, defending ourselves, activist judges. Newt Gingrich did all those things when he was speaker. We got tax relief. We got balanced budgets. We got, you know, job creation. We paid down our national debt.” KnowsCountryTodayJobsTalkingEconomyCreationJudgingTaxesPaidDebtBudgetsReliefActivistSpeakersBalancedNational DebtNewtsJob CreationBalanced Budget Author:J. C. Watts
“Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.” KnowsMayBlackForgetNumbersCriticsForgottenFlightClockBudgetsAlarmsAlarm ClocksWhere We Came Author:J. C. Watts
“My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.” ActionYoungPoorViewsBoysGrowing UpGrowingTaughtProudBudgetsWelfareBalancedBuddyAffirmative ActionAffirmativeHelenBalanced Budget Author:J. C. Watts
“The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.” PeoplePartyRepublicanBenefitsProgramImpactDemocratBudgetsAgendasRepublican PartyTerrificExplaining Author:J. C. Watts
