Ronald Reagan actually said...

The problem of waste and fraud in the Federal Government is, as I said in my first speech to the Congress, an unrelenting national scandal.

Remarks Announcing the Intention To Nominate Charles A. Bowsher To Be Comptroller General of the United States

07/08/1981

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Our tax-cutting, limited-government policies are working.

I have the utmost confidence in his ability to serve on this important Commission.

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Today we have done what we had to do.