Political Quotes

“Mr. President, after a long district work period and a national election, I am returning to the Senate floor to resume my weekly ``Waste of the Week'' speeches. The Presiding Officer and my colleagues have watched me come to the floor 53 times in the 114th Congress to talk about documented waste, fraud, and abuse, and the expenditure of funds--of taxpayer dollars--on things that produce no positive effect. Regardless of which party is controlling any branch of government-- and we have had a significant change here in just the last couple of weeks--it is imperative that our focus remains on governing for the benefit of the American people, and this includes, from my perspective, rooting out any kind of waste, fraud, and abuse found within the Federal Government. Taxpayers should demand an effective and efficient government that spends their money on the behalf and the future of this country and on behalf of the future of our constituents. When they read about waste, fraud, and abuse, it is perfectly natural that they would call on us to address the problem, which has been paying a dime more than is necessary to run the Federal Government, and to pull us out of this ever-spiraling deficit spending and deep entrance into debt which may not be able to be repaid.…”