Political Quotes

I would just question the appropriateness of the inspector general making policy in these kinds of areas. It seems to me it is the policymakers of the Department of Defense who really should be paid attention to in this area.

But it does not have to be Defense Department. Mandatory spending is all across the board.

I think that for the first time we are really going to have some consideration for what are the compliance costs, what does it cost to carry out the number of the mandates that we have had in the past, but I think that the environmental…

The concept of the lockbox is very simple. It makes basic common sense. In essence it provides that amendments to cut spending actually produce savings. I think I was as dismayed as many people to realize that when we often go through…