Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is interesting in terms of the money being used where it should not be. I gave the example last week, and I am coming down every week and speaking at least 5 minutes on waste and duplication in government. I talked a couple of weeks ago about the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture--this is the Department of Agriculture, but you would not know it when you look at some of the programs run by the Department of Agriculture. No. 1, they have a Single-Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed Loan Program in the Department of Agriculture. It provides zero downpayment mortgage loans. It has cost the taxpayer about $10 billion since 2006. That is the Department of Agriculture, running a housing program. We see this all over government. It is wrong. Eliminating the duplication that Senator Coburn, the Senator from Oklahoma, has spoken of many times can save our government and the taxpayers billions of dollars a year. I appreciate, my colleagues, this colloquy we have had, and I look forward to more.”