I offered legislation in the House in 1992... to take what I call a 2-year test drive with enhanced rescission powers for the President.

I think one of his central premises was that the role of government is to steer the boat, not row the boat.

I thought it was the smartest thing that we did. I think it was the smartest thing that we did.

I think it is going to be very important that we work closely with you and that, ultimately, budgets and appropriations reflect these priorities.

I think we need to make sure--these are very modest amounts of money, very modest.

I think GAO, in terms of deficit reduction, are actually getting better results for less money.

Nobody likes waste. It is not a Democrat or Republican issue.

We have to have continuity. Sometimes I look at the Executive Branch and it almost looks like what I call Executive Branch Swiss cheese.

One of the great ways--it has just dawned on me fairly recently that, and Senator Coburn came up with it a lot sooner than I did, but a great way to leverage our collective efforts is by really investing a relatively small amount of money…

I would just say, what I think we are getting at here is really trying to change the culture.

A lot of folks have invested a great deal of energy articulating the outcomes that they are trying to achieve.