Political Quotes

“Madam President, it looks like my timing is exquisite because I came down here to talk about something that I think has sort of fallen off the radar screen here in recent weeks, and that is the work of the Department of Government Efficiency, one of the most important developments that I think we have seen with the advent of President Trump's ascension to the Office of President. It is amazing to me to listen to my Democratic colleagues talking like Chicken Little: ``The sky is falling.'' I heard the Senator from Rhode Island suggest that we are trying to privatize Social Security. There is no one--absolutely no one--suggesting that. This is what is called a straw man. You erect a phony argument, and you knock it down, and you claim victory. The truth is, Mr. Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency should be applauded for their efforts to root out waste, fraud, and abuse. You would think taxpayers--the same taxpayers our colleagues represent in their States--would applaud this effort. I can't think of a more difficult but important goal than helping the government find efficiencies and reduce spending, because if we reduce spending, two things happen: Either we reduce the taxes that are taken from the hard-working families and produce the revenue by which government operates or we eliminate or reduce the amount of debt that the Federal Government accrues, which right now is at an unsustainable level.…”