Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman and gentlewoman. Mr. Speaker, I did shave this morning, so there wasn't much hair on the chinny chin chin. Mr. Speaker, American taxpayers deserve to know where, when, why, and how government is spending their hard-earned dollars. This is why I partnered with my colleague from Tennessee, Representative Jim Cooper, to introduce H.R. 3830, the Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act. This bipartisan legislation requires Federal agencies to supply an online accounting of their program activities in an easily searchable inventory so that Americans can keep tabs on where and how their tax dollars are being spent. The inventory will account for how funds are allocated, the total amount appropriated, obligated, and outlaid for services and the intended population served by each program. It will also provide performance reviews for each program, including any and all inspector general or Government Accountability Office reports. All of the information provided for the inventory will be updated regularly to provide for a more real-time accounting of Federal program dollars. Mr. Speaker, I ask for support from my colleagues for this legislation. I think its time has come.”