We have met the enemy and the enemy is us, because we will not do our work.

I actually think the Administration pays attention to the work you do, and President Obama and his team have made lots of great recommendations in their budgets.

As a recovering Governor, I know that you cannot manage what you cannot measure, and that is why the successful implementation of the Performance Act is so important.

A million dollars a year is how you get to a billion.

You have to have metrics first.

What we do is we actually defy our own oath to uphold the Constitution.

We ought to get the best price. And you know what? We do not.

Why would we not want to know before we put a new bill on the floor of the Senate whether or not it is going to duplicate something that is already running?

It is amazing. I cannot get that passed in the Senate. That is common sense.

The law states--the law that I authored and we passed--states that you are to make recommendations for eliminations.

The Congress is reticent to approach those things.