Political Quotes

“you know, I just find that argument fascinating about the gentleman criticizing our cuts in overhead. You know, this again is more investment in Washington, DC, and the bureaucrats as opposed to sending tax relief to families back to his district. Now, let me tell you what we are cutting in overhead. We are telling the bureaucrats they are not going to travel as much; they are not going to ship as much; they are not going to have as many rental payments to the General Services Administration; they are not going to have as much communication; they are not going to have as much printing and reproduction or consultants, as many supplies and materials. You see, this is the mindset. The mindset is you invest in Washington, DC, bureaucracy and let the bureaucrats travel more and let them print more and let them have more consultants, but do not downsize that. What we do in our budget is we reduce this overhead spending by 7 rac{1}{2} percent, and we say that the bureaucrats here in this town ought to do with less; in the process of doing it, we can have greater deficit reduction, and we can give the American family some tax relief. Do you want to know something? That is where the American people are. They want the bureaucrats and the bureaucracies in this town downscaled.”