Political Quotes

Steve Daines: Our federal budget has been balanced in only five of the past 50 years.

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
Our federal budget has been balanced in only five of the past 50 years.
Said by
Steve Daines
Republican · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Highlights the rarity of a balanced federal budget and its consequences.

Share

More from Steve Daines

Mar 27, 2025

This was the first step to an important next step, which will be a meeting between President Xi and President Trump.

nbcnews.com
Jun 8, 2025

What the president made clear is [he] does not want to see any cuts to beneficiaries. But to go after, he repeated over again, the waste, fraud and abuse, the waste, fraud and abuse.

msnbc.com
Nov 7, 2023

In Montana, Native Americans are twice as likely to die over an overdose than any other Montanan.

congress.gov
Sep 19, 2024

it has been my privilege to represent the people of Montana in Congress now for more than a decade. I have seen Congress wrestle and struggle with many challenges during my time here. I have heard my constituents voice concerns--and…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation