Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 25, 1997
If they had come back and they had shown us that they had followed the restrictions, including the new one that my colleague, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton], will offer later, then we could consider increasing the funds in future years. But nothing will serve better to get that message across that this Congress is serious about not wanting to fund politically oriented litigation than going through with the committee funding level, reducing the amount from previous years, and letting them know we are very serious.
Said by
Jon Fox
Republican · Pennsylvania
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing funding restrictions for a program during a committee meeting.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Jon Fox

Sep 29, 1997

People will say to us, well, this sounds good, but what happens in times of emergency, and what happens in a time of war?

govinfo.gov
Oct 21, 1997

the fact is, when it comes to the balanced budget, people like the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Neumann], who came here to Congress has done a great job in championing reducing the deficit and balancing the budget. By balancing the…

govinfo.gov
Sep 29, 1997

I have to agree with the gentleman from Tennessee when it comes to saluting the leadership of the gentleman from Wisconsin, really being a trailblazer when it comes to the deficit question, and also his work on the budget committee…

govinfo.gov
May 21, 1998

I am proud to also rise to salute our newest congressman, Congressman Bob Brady from Pennsylvania, who, as discussed earlier by prior speakers, has always been someone who has been a consensus builder, but he is also a coalition builder…

govinfo.gov
View all Jon Fox quotes

Other voices in this conversation