Political Quotes

“I won't go through the spending problems that we have and the debt problems we have, but in going through this bill and asking the question--every line item in the budget--is this spending so important that we are willing to ask our kids and grandkids to pay for it? I bring my colleagues' attention to a program called the Transformation Initiative that is designed to train communities that receive HUD funds on how to use the money. Now, let me get this straight. We're going to spend $40 million, money that we don't have, to train communities on how they can spend our money. I would think that if we are going to send money to a community that we would know what the money is for, that the community would know what it's for, and that spending $40 million to train them on how to spend our money is a giant waste of time. I urge my colleagues to support the elimination of the Transformation Initiative and save our kids and grandkids $40 million. I reserve the balance of my time.”