Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 1. Chairman Rogers, it's been a pleasure working with you and the other members of the committee on this important piece of legislation that begins to address our country's fiscal crisis. For too long we have seen unsustainable increases in spending. This bill puts an end to that practice and further corrects course by making unprecedented cuts to the federal budget. As chair of the State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee, I know the difficult tradeoffs that have to be made to achieve these levels of cuts, but we cannot continue to ignore our skyrocketing deficits and debt. We are taking our pledge to cut spending seriously. Since fiscal year 2008, the state-foreign operations budget has had dramatic increases, and this bill begins to rein in the growth of many programs. The state-foreign operations title of the bill before us is $44.9 billion. This represents--an $11.7 billion, or 21%, reduction from the president's fiscal year 2011 request; A $3.8 billion, or 8%, reduction from the fiscal year 2010 enacted level, and A $9.9 billion, or 18%, reduction from the fiscal year 2010 level with supplemental appropriations. Let me be clear--while these are dramatic cuts, I support the goals and objectives of using civilian power to achieve our national security goals.…”