Political Quotes

“I have often said, before we can attain success in what we are trying to do in bringing down the size of Government, in trying to make it more efficient, there are probably three areas of reform: Regulatory reform, budget reform, and spending reform. There is a very simple bottom line to that. Regulatory reform-- regulations have to be reviewed, as S. 1 does review those, for impact on not only the economy but upon the way we do our business with our State and local governments. Budget reform--inasmuch as we have to get away from, I think, baseline budgeting. We have to go back to the old situation of starting at ground zero and building a budget, or at least based on previous years' expenditures, to bring some kind of honesty and integrity and accountability to the American people. And in spending reform--I have a feeling inside me that maybe we should only spend money on those programs that have been authorized and not delve into some things that have not been authorized.”