Political Quotes

“In Pennsylvania, they are very happy about the fact we are holding the line on wasteful spending. They want to make sure, however, the direct services that can be handled by the Federal Government should be handled by the Federal Government, are done so in a meaningful manner. By this I mean we are looking at the whole budget this year in the right way. If it should be the private sector that should be doing what the Federal Government is not doing, give it to the private sector. If it should be done by the Federal Government, what is the government closest to the people doing the best job? It may be local government, it may be county government. The government of last resort that should be working on a program is probably the Federal Government. You have already seen we have recommended in the House the WIC program, the food nutrition programs, while we made sure there is a 4.5 percent increase in those important programs for our children, we have also said we are going to block grant that back to the Governors. We used to spend 15 percent to administer the programs. We told the Governors you can only spend 5 percent. With the extra 10 percent, you have to feed more kids, more meals. That is meaningful reform. We are getting more direct services to the people, but less waste.”