Gary Palmer

I know, and every dollar we send out improperly is a borrowed dollar that we are paying interest on.

I wish that we could have a dialogue where both sides were really working for what is best for the country.

I have some major concerns about the budget as you know.

I wish I had about 30 minutes to talk about climate change, for instance.

Repealing the ACA would increase the supply of labor.

The ACA directly imposes higher taxes on labor income, thus, discouraging work.

My point, Mr. Chairman, is that since you are now the Chairman of the Budget Committee, we have some serious work to do if we want to get our fiscal house in order.

Would you suggest that this Committee might ought to be taking a very serious look at how we scale that back instead of talking about what we did last year or year before last?

I want to get away from the partisan jabs and get to issues that I think all of us ought to take very seriously.

I think that is, again, part of the work that we have got to do in the Budget Committee in regard to making sure that the able-bodied are in the workforce.

When someone has paid their debt, that debt is paid, and they ought to be able to reenter society.

We don't want the Federal Government's involvement in this to infringe upon the State's authority to conduct elections.

As inconvenient as it might seem, I mean, for years and years and years, we relied on paper ballots.

This Administration has seized upon a real opportunity to undo much of the damage our government has created through years of overregulation.

This is not a political issue. This is--it is, in my opinion, a public emergency and to bring the politics into it, I think, is inappropriate.

I'm not satisfied with a matter of months. I want to know why you can't produce an audit.

I'd like to believe that making our regulations effective, yet less burdensome, would be and should be a worthy bipartisan objective.

I really want to do what we can to improve the opportunities for people in rural areas, particularly in giving people access to healthcare.

It's about getting the right regulations in place and protecting the taxpayer in terms of funds.

Some of the feedback I've gotten from private sectors that they're dealing with obsolete regulations, they're dealing with duplications, and in some cases, contradictions.

What they find problematic is the lack of clarity in some cases.

The objective here is not just about saving the economy money, it's bringing predictability, it's sensible regulation.

There is a mounting frustration that we identify problems and they don't get addressed.

I think it is extremely important that when the GAO or the OIG make recommendations... Federal departments act on them.

I understand some of the frustration that my colleagues have expressed...