Political Quotes

“First, the line-item veto which is the President's way that we have given him, once the House and Senate versions are agreed upon, to line-item out pork barrel legislation, which will take out those programs which have been in prior Congresses to get people reelected. They are not items that are of regional value or permanent value. That line-item veto is one item. No. two, the Lockbox Act which we passed is going to guarantee that the money that is saved from the elimination of a program through appropriations is actually going to deficit reduction. ... the Lockbox Reduction Act which we passed last week is going to be one more way to make sure that the savings that the American people want of the waste and the inefficiencies and the items that do not belong in the Federal Government will in fact be eliminated permanently.”