I am a big believer that the sequestration is a mindless approach, a lazy man's way to effect some kind of budgeting outcome.
Steve Womack
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Stephen Allen Womack is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district since January 5, 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Womack has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, economic development, and veterans' affairs during his time in office. He has also served on various committees, contributing to legislation that impacts his constituents and the nation.
Why did it take sequestration to force the Federal Government to practice efficiency?
I would like to thank you for including the John Paul Hammerschmidt Federal Building and the U.S. Courthouse in the list of priorities in fiscal year 2017.
I think what makes me hopeful is that there has been bipartisan agreement on that.
If LEED were to go down this path, if we can agree--or at least I will maintain that they are on a path of overregulation and extreme environmental activism--do you anticipate that there could come a day when GSA would cease to accept the…
But if you could conclude, and I am not trying to speculate that that is a conclusion that you would come up with, but if one could reasonably conclude that this is a form of activism that is being used in a very prominent program, I am…
We are not going to appreciably change the trajectory of the course we are on right now unless and until we deal with the mandatory side of spending.
I don't have a real good, warm and fuzzy feeling on this particular project.
Well, I am glad the gentleman did interrupt. And to carry our colloquy just a little bit further, the gentleman from South Carolina is a former Governor of South Carolina, so he has had some experience dealing with balanced budgets and…
I thank the gentleman, first of all, for his great leadership on this subject. The gentleman from the Hoosier State and I came in together. Back in 2010, we were elected to this Congress, and I can't speak necessarily for the gentleman, I…
Around $250 billion. It is a lot of money. We could build a lot of roads and bridges, educate a lot of people, pay for a lot of things with that $250 billion, give or take. The President's budget, if you rolled it out for 10 years, in the…
I thank the gentleman. Reclaiming my time, I just want to say, before I go to my next chart, that this isn't an option for us, to allow this to continue on this path without the interaction of this Congress and solutions offered by this…





