"Today we are going to be discussing wasteful spending."
"Nothing gets better. We never examine bad spending or good spending, and nothing gets better."
"I have a possible solution or a way to help to end some of the wasteful spending, and this is called 'Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act.'"
"This practice will not continue under my chairmanship."
"I would appreciate it if all of you would look at our bill. We do have that in there, a safeguard to try to make sure you are accomplishing your mission."
"I am again going to turn back in nearly half a million dollars from my own personal office budget."
"I think continuing resolutions are a terrible way to run government."
"If it is one percent, if you take one percent savings across the board and you compound it, it adds up to real savings."
"It is outrageous. It ought to be wallpapered with gold to have cost that much."
"I want to thank Senator Baldwin for being part of this and the panel for being part of this today."
"It is both parties that have been a huge failure, and it is part of the reason why there is about an 11-percent approval rating for Congress because we do not do our job."