Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, for those Americans brave enough to be watching this proceeding right now on TV, I'd ask them to sit down because I have some shocking news to share with them. And here it is: The Federal Government spends a lot of money. Big surprise; right? How much money are we talking here? How about $23,000 per year per household. My guess is that with the exception of our military, it's tough for the average American to name one thing the Federal Government does well. This budget proposes to spend more than $3.1 trillion. That, Mr. Chairman, is not an easy thing to do. To reach $3.1 trillion, the Federal Government will have to spend $100,000 a second, 6 million bucks a minute, over 350 million bucks an hour every day for the next year. Whoever thought that Senator Dirksen's line about ``a billion here, a billion there'' would become outdated? Mr. Chairman, we've heard of tax-and-spend politicians, but I believe it's spending that drives taxes. And reckless out-of-control spending has put us on a path for economic disaster. And don't take my word for it. Ask outgoing Comptroller General David Walker, who is sounding the alarm across the country about the unsustainable rate at which Congress is spending. The American people instinctively know that Congress has an insatiable appetite for spending. They can see it. In terms of real dollars, Congress has quadrupled spending over my lifetime. The question is, for what?”