Political Quotes

“The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission is a Federal-State partnership intended to address the economic needs of the southeastern United States, and the Lord really knows that we have some economic needs in that area. In fact, in my district, we have counties that unemployment approaches or exceeds 25 percent. But contained within the FY12 Energy and Water appropriations bill is $250,000 in funding for this commission. My amendment eliminates funding for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, transferring the $250,000 to the spending reduction account. Some of you may ask: Why go after such a small amount as $250,000? Mr. Chairman, here we see a Federal commission conducting work that would be better managed by a State agency. This entity is so small that it's hard to even find information on how the commission spends hard- earned taxpayer dollars. In fact, we can't even find a Web site for this commission. We need to look for spending cuts across every level of the Federal Government, even if that means finding cuts in the smallest of Federal bureaucracies. For generations, Americans have been told by Members across the aisle that more government, more bureaucracy, and more Federal spending are the answers to all of their problems. We're losing our liberty because of that kind of philosophy. This line of thinking has removed many of our liberties that our Founders intended for us to have.…”