Political Quotes

“I am glad to join the Senator from New Hampshire on a very important piece of legislation that is being proposed as an amendment to the budget today. It is called the Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act which 2 years ago passed this Senate with 68 votes. It has bipartisan support this year. It is the right way to solve our biggest problem, which is responsible spending in Washington. The Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act assumes the following: What we have been doing has been broken for years. Every President since Ronald Reagan has endorsed the biennial budget. Twenty of the fifty States in the United States of America have a biennial budget. It is time we did budgeting and oversight and allowed time for both. What this bill basically says is that in odd-numbered years we will do our appropriating and in even-numbered years we will do oversight of appropriations. Wouldn't it be great to change the paradigm in America to where during election years and even years, instead of saying how much bacon we are going to bring home, to instead say how much savings we are going the find in the appropriations process. We can find new money to fund new programs without raising taxes or raising revenues of the Federal Government. It is a responsible way to run our country, it is a way we ought to run our country, and it is a responsible way for America to return to fiscal accountability.…”