"If confirmed, Jeff will coordinate the President's efforts to make our government more efficient and accountable by identifying wasteful spending and eliminating initiatives that do not provide sufficient benefit to the American taxpayer for the amount we are investing in them."
"But I commend the President for prioritizing better governance and I fully agree that somebody needs to be tasked with performing this role."
"I ask on behalf of Colorado's veterans, that you preserve the $119 million the Administration has requested for this important project."
"Congressman Perlmutter in particular has been indispensable in getting this critically important project off the ground."
"If TARP cannot work for communities like this one, then what good is it?"
"Colorado families deserve better than this from their Government."
"TARP should also be about rural America and working families, community banks, and average taxpayers, not just about big New York banks."
"The TARP does need oversight. These Coloradans can tell you firsthand what is broken now."
"I just want to stress how important small business and community banks are to this recovery effort."
"what ailed us most was the amount of leverage in our system."
"I think that it is really important that the administration continues to drive policies that are really going to have an effect for small businesses in places like Colorado for our community banks."