Political Quotes

“Mr. President, there is another article that the Washington Times did called ``Budget chairman to propose bipartisan overhaul of congressional budget process.'' It has bipartisan quotes from members of the committee. I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Washington Times, July 12, 2016] Budget Chairman To Propose Bipartisan Overhaul of Congressional Budget Process (By Tom Howell, Jr.) Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi on Wednesday will propose the first bipartisan overhaul of Congress' budget process in four decades, saying lawmakers should outline two years of spending at a time and then stick to their plans. The Wyoming Republican hopes to put an end to the last- minute deadline showdowns that have plagued Capitol Hill over the last six years by forcing the Senate to debate spending bills soon after the annual budget is finished. ``Instead of a functioning appropriations process, Congress has resorted to massive omnibus appropriations bills and continuing resolutions that carry over spending from the previous year,'' he says in a summary of his plan obtained by The Washington Times. He said it needs to be easier to write the budget and harder to break it once it's finished. And he said Congress should be forced to spend more time working on the spending bills to carry out the budget, as a way of making the document matter.…”