Richard K. Armey: “I am excited today to join with my good friend and colleague the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Sessions] in announcing the…”

“I am excited today to join with my good friend and colleague the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Sessions] in announcing the formation of the Results caucus. The Results caucus represents a bipartisan coalition of reform-minded Members who share the common goal of realizing a smaller, smarter, more commonsense government through the implementation of the Results Act. Ask Americans what they want from the Federal Government and they emphasize four key points: Accountability, responsibility, simplicity, and common sense. They want accountability. That means holding Federal agencies accountable for achieving their mission and holding Federal programs liable for what they promise. They want responsibility. That means changing the current mindset of Federal bureaucrats to force them to operate more efficiently and to be more responsive to their customers and the taxpayers. They want simplicity. That means eliminating wasteful and redundant Federal agencies and programs to prevent government from doing the same thing over and over again in a bureaucratic maze. And they want common sense, which means ending one size fits all government functions. Mr. Speaker, a growing number of Americans say Washington is an impediment to the achievement of the American dream. The Results caucus plans to work diligently to ensure that the American people have a Federal Government that is accountable, that is responsible, that is simple and that makes decisions based on common sense.”