John Cornyn: “I am not going to go away when it comes to urging greater efficiency and elimination of wasteful Washington spending. We…”

“I am not going to go away when it comes to urging greater efficiency and elimination of wasteful Washington spending. We have a tremendous responsibility, those of us who have been sent to Congress to represent our States and our districts, the least of which ought to be being good stewards of the taxpayers' money. It is time to take the Federal budget off autopilot, to see the Government grow and grow and grow without any real oversight, particularly when it comes to these programs which have been demonstrated either as ineffective or where it is impossible for the Federal Government to conclude that the evidence justifies the continued existence of these programs.”