Political Quotes

“I want to thank the committee for its hard work in identifying ways to cut spending in this appropriations. The fiscal year 2013 proposed funding level is $32.1 billion. Now, that is $965 million below the President's budget request. But, Mr. Chairman, there is a lot more that can be done; and thereby I again am making the request that we make an additional 1 percent across-the-board spending reduction which will save taxpayers an additional $321 million. Now, I am fully aware that as I come with these amendments for each of our appropriations bills, I hear about how these cuts are too deep, they are going to have too far of a reach, they are damaging our national security, they are going to cut things that are important to our life and our property. And imagine that--we are asking the bureaucracy to go in and shave one penny out of a dollar--one additional penny out of a dollar--in order to help put our Nation back on a track to fiscal sanity. As I've said before, across-the-board spending cuts effectively control the growth and the cost of the Federal Government. They not only give agencies flexibility to determine which expenses are necessary; but, more importantly, they do not pick winners and losers.…”