Political Quotes

“As presented to the House, the Treasury-Postal bill achieves a deficit reduction of $513 million. That is since last year. The subcommittee has achieved a total of $1.2 billion in deficit reduction since January of last year, and we have done this by targeting specific programs, by terminating obsolete agencies and programs, and restructuring agencies and activities to create efficient and effective organizations. In all due respect to my good friend from Minnesota, I think his amendment is not well thought out because there are no policy assumptions. One of the problems with across the board cuts in any bill is that it just takes a swipe out of everything. You end up taking little nicks out of big programs that need big nicks and you take big nicks out of little programs that are struggling to get along and do things that we really need. There is no recognition that some of these agencies and programs we have already cut 20, 30, 40 percent. We have already cut them. My colleague should be aware that the amendment will mean cuts to basic law enforcement functions of the Department of the Treasury.”