Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. As the Chairman stated and others have stated on this floor, we saw the abuses that took place at GSA, and we will certainly continue to follow them, because I believe that all of us were very upset about those abuses, Madam Speaker. One of the things that we do believe is that the legislation like this is so important because it shines a light on how money is being spent. It won't solve all the problems, but it certainly will solve a lot of them. {time} 1350 One of the things that Mr. Devaney said, who was over the stimulus bill and the RAT Board there, is that he wanted to do certain things that not only would lay out a formula for accountability, but would prevent people from even abusing the system. Again, I think what we're doing here puts us out front of, hopefully, some things that people may have been thinking about doing. We don't even want to think about it because there are so many people in our districts who work so hard to earn their money, and they don't mind paying their taxes, they don't mind sacrificing, as long as they know that that money is being spent effectively and efficiently. One of the things that we have to do, Madam Speaker, is to make sure that we establish and maintain a trust with them so that when they write that check, they know it's going towards the roads that they want to see built, going towards making sure the air is clean, and making sure that the park rangers are present.…”