We should choose them all, because we are better off with all of them than with just one of them.

One of the problems that we have around here is our accountability for what we find or fail to find.

$293.5 billion a year that we are spending on things that we have not taken a look at to see if they are worth doing anymore.

the purpose of this hearing, of course, was to see if there was a need for budget reform, and I have not heard anybody disagree with that.

If you spend money to feed a hungry child, that is an expense. If you spend money on a war in Iraq, that is an expense.

I think we have a chance to make a real difference, and I want to do that.

You know, if I go to Washington, I am going to put something in that will cause that to happen.

Congress and the President have ignored this most basic of governing and have decimated the faith and trust of hardworking Americans.

the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are estimated, by the time we take care of our last veteran 50, 60 years from now, to cost between $4 and $6 trillion, all put on the credit card.

But I think it is fair to say--and I have a hard time understanding how some of my conservative friends do not accept this.

It must encourage regular order, predictability, require legislative review, and provide transparency and accurate information for lawmakers and the public.

The EPA's crusade to keep coal in the ground is already costing hundreds of jobs in my State and will cost my State and this country billions of dollars.