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KELLY JONES This budget is increasing by seven percent. That's outrageous.
JOHN WALTERS![]()
We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federa...
MIKE QUIGLEY This concludes the budget process for this year,
BILL MITCHELL Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a r...
KIT BOND![]()
The Budget Act of 1974 established a timetable for the annual budget process. Under Title III of the...
MARSHA BLACKBURN Helping customers manage their bills is a priority for us. This includes encouraging customers to ta...
GARY STOCKBRIDGE This is good news for Salem-Keizer. That's roughly equivalent to 1 percent of our yearly budget and ...
JAY REMY Bullish overview in the Economic Survey helped market sentiments. Investors are expecting that some ...
DEEPAK JASANI I put in work for my neighborhood. Hundreds of bills, measures, budget items, and hearings. I always...
TOM HAYDEN Congress usually puts aside every budget from the President and will write their own. We will be wor...
BILL BRUINS By using the budget bill primarily as a vehicle for Arctic Refuge drilling, the Senate has dropped a...
CARL POPE This budget hearing is going to be more raucous than it has in the past. The Council is emboldened b...
BRIAN DOHERTY When we look at this budget, it actually puts ideology ahead of economic sense for Canada and we can...
BILL GRAHAM We have to work within a budget. We feel we are doing that safely and securely and we evaluate this ...
DEE DEE SHORT I think the heavier lifting is the budget-process and earmarks [reform]. Lobbyist reform is blaming ...
JEFF FLAKE It's the Republicans who are leading us in that direction by dragging their feet on the budget this ...
MARTIN FROST This is not part of their budget.
ALLAN HUBBARD The problem will be finding floor time, especially in the Senate, where Supreme Court nominations, a...
THOMAS MANN (POLITICAL ANALYST) Gore's attack on the Texas education system is a thinly veiled attempt to discredit the education re...
DAN BARTLETT As we move through this process, we're going to budget things and incorporate some more of these con...
JERRY BENDO Transparency with accountability inculcates sense of responsibility & trustworthiness. Trustworthine...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The market has no support. Investors are still waiting for economic measures and new developments in...
GERONIMO We think [Baker's proposal] would not have the same accountability and transparency for the American...
ALLAN HUBBARD American law enforcement officers understand that race is and has been a heated issue in our country...
DAVID A. CLARKE, JR. This is the theatrical side of the budget process. The substance is still done behind closed doors.
BLAIR HORNER The FBI conducted a test and they basically shrugged their shoulders and said we don't know whose th...
MARK KLEINSCHMIDT President Clinton today laid out the most aggressive environmental budget I've ever seen. However, w...
DEBBIE SEASE I hope to have this work completed so that recommendations can be considered by the 2007 budget proc...
MAYOR JERRE VAN HOOSE Based on the budget we were looking at, this levy will be used for the operating budget, salaries, r...
WADE ESTEP![]()
At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted...
PETE HEGSETH![]()
You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this las...
RICK PERRY There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because o...
DAN WEBSTER This budget is unreal. This is an election budget.
AUDLEY SHAW It's a horrible situation. These young men wasting away on a shambles of a ship, while their employe...
DAVE WALSH Unlike their colleagues across the Capitol, the House Budget Committee refrained from undermining th...
HEATHER TAYLOR This has been the most difficult budget cycle in 11 years of doing this,
LARRY BARNETT We are going to defeat you in the budget process and debate process until you cry uncle,
MARK SOUDER Services won't be seriously impacted. We've been moving in this direction for the last two budget ye...
KEVIN EVANS We pay for it from the student activity fee and the regular CRC budget process.
DAVID ANDERSEN The important aspect as we look at this budget, and as we look at previous budgets, is the budget sy...
SCOTT MCCALLUM I think, from the broad political spectrum, not just the Freedom Caucus, I think there is a need for...
JASON CHAFFETZ This is the most troubling budget we've seen from this White House.
HEATHER TAYLOR The district is trying to become more financially transparent. That is why this stuff keeps coming o...
LARRY SNOW These amendments ensure transparency of police investigations.
ANDY WEILER When you look at their platform, this fiscal imbalance could blow a serious hole in their budget.
ELLEN RUSSELL [The] fact check ... failed to admit he balanced the budget by cutting key services. ... Dean balanc...
HOWARD DEAN This vote [Medicaid amendment] is a rare bright spot in what for the most part is a pretty dismal bu...
JAMES JEFFORDS We're going to put some controls in during the budget process.
WILLIAM KOVACS I've told the shelter board to use the funds as they see fit, as this is the most difficult time of ...
MARY BECKER Budget Billing is the easiest, simplest way for customers to better handle their utility bills. They...
LEIGH MORRIS![]()
We have an immediate and dire need for this. The board has voted already to go ahead with this.
JOHN MAYER These will be a great help in shaping the budget measures provide real insights into the hopes and c...
DIANE ABLONCZY It's a process. All areas of the budget are under review.
WALTER KEISS Britain has taken itself out as a major player in the international system, at least for a while, wi...
ROBERT KAGAN The Senate took the fine work Rep. May did in the House of Representatives and destroyed it.
DAN GROSSMAN This is a significant budget decision before we've had the first budget discussion.
ANNE SINCLAIR Hopefully this will be information that will be fed into the budget process not only for governments...
DAN RAY The objective was to speed up the budget and estimating process because the season is so short.
RALPH CARRAS![]()
I was a brand new senator in 2013. And the idiocy of Congress was to shut the government down for tw...
TIM KAINE![]()
Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives ...
BEN BERNANKE This is a great budget for Pennsylvania's children.
JOAN BENSO![]()
This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no...
SENATOR JOHN KERRY The defense budget continues to grow but at this point, most of the growth is completely dependent o...
JOE CAMPBELL Transparency pertains to impartial behaviour ,implies openness, communication, and accountability. I...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It is foolish for Republicans to continue opening the door to job-killing tax hikes while Democrats ...
JOHN FLEMING It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have to develop a strategy that ...
VACLAV KLAUS We need transparency, and we certainly need accountability.
KRISTEN BREITWEISER We're still a number of days away from going through the budget process.
BILL JONES Budget reform is the gateway challenge that must be met before we can actually get back to fiscal re...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN We revised the budget based upon September and October taxes that had been collected. When I am look...
JULES GAUDIN It is not advisable to have an alternative budget without knowing how much you are budgeting for. It...
BERNARD BALIKANI![]()
The budget deficit is going to have to go up over the next three to seven years.
BARRY RITHOLTZ I would urge the members of this House to see through these amendments and recognize them for what t...
MARTIN MEEHAN But we haven't come up with any measures to deal with the matter. The wage hike is impractical becau...
ALEX PADILLA![]()
It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget...
MORGAN FREEMAN![]()
Digital India is the only way for citizen empowerment, which can bring government transparency and a...
SAFRA A. CATZ If the funds must come from the state budget, the buy-back cannot be realized this year because ther...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS While costs for full interoperability are estimated at $18 billion, for the second year in a row the...
BART STUPAK Every imaginable expense is taken care of by the budget.
GENE STILP It recognizes that enhanced enforcement is needed at the border and the workplace, but soundly and o...
ANGELA KELLY We have a number of major budget productions that either have looked seriously at or are in the proc...
BILL ARNOLD Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that ...
DAVID KNOPFLER![]()
Obama is not only obstructing budget reform; it's almost as if he is trying to make matters wors...
DAVID LIMBAUGH The governor is very optimistic that the negotiations will get off on a positive foot. This is a pla...
KEVIN HALL We are trying to be as conservative as possible. This is something we feel needs doing, but we want ...
FRED BRADLEY Canadians voted for hope over fear and accountability over corruption. Tonight is the beginning of a...
JASON KENNEY![]()
The problem is that this budget, there is no investment. This budget doesn't really represent, doesn...
PAUL WELLSTONE Rep. Nancy Johnson has always been a champion of legislation to protect the Arctic Refuge as a wilde...
LISA RENSTROM![]()
The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.
PETER JACKSON![]()
Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability i...
STEPHEN HARPER If approved by the legislature, this budget will set in stone Governor Bush's environmental legacy.
ERIC DRAPER Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reduci...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE We're disappointed, frustrated and angry. Small business is not a part of the Ontario plan for this ...
GARTH WHYTE The 2006 budget crisis is looming, provoked by the fiscal policies of the Bush Cheney Regime, ... Th...
AL MARTIN Look, I've done some low-budget movies and I've done some big-budget movies, and the big-bud...
JOHN CORBETT Dire times call for dire measures. We're going to cut in-service days. We're not spending more on te...
CHRIS SIMON![]()
The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the ...
JIM COOPER![]()
I said we are going to balance an $11 billion budget deficit in a $29 billion budget, so by percenta...
CHRIS CHRISTIE
TOM SCHATZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES This budget is increasing by seven percent. That's outrageous.
JOHN WALTERS
We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federa... MIKE QUIGLEY This concludes the budget process for this year,
BILL MITCHELL Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a r...
KIT BOND
The Budget Act of 1974 established a timetable for the annual budget process. Under Title III of the... MARSHA BLACKBURN Helping customers manage their bills is a priority for us. This includes encouraging customers to ta...
GARY STOCKBRIDGE This is good news for Salem-Keizer. That's roughly equivalent to 1 percent of our yearly budget and ...
JAY REMY Bullish overview in the Economic Survey helped market sentiments. Investors are expecting that some ...
DEEPAK JASANI I put in work for my neighborhood. Hundreds of bills, measures, budget items, and hearings. I always...
TOM HAYDEN Congress usually puts aside every budget from the President and will write their own. We will be wor...
BILL BRUINS By using the budget bill primarily as a vehicle for Arctic Refuge drilling, the Senate has dropped a...
CARL POPE This budget hearing is going to be more raucous than it has in the past. The Council is emboldened b...
BRIAN DOHERTY When we look at this budget, it actually puts ideology ahead of economic sense for Canada and we can...
BILL GRAHAM We have to work within a budget. We feel we are doing that safely and securely and we evaluate this ...
DEE DEE SHORT I think the heavier lifting is the budget-process and earmarks [reform]. Lobbyist reform is blaming ...
JEFF FLAKE It's the Republicans who are leading us in that direction by dragging their feet on the budget this ...
MARTIN FROST This is not part of their budget.
ALLAN HUBBARD The problem will be finding floor time, especially in the Senate, where Supreme Court nominations, a...
THOMAS MANN (POLITICAL ANALYST) Gore's attack on the Texas education system is a thinly veiled attempt to discredit the education re...
DAN BARTLETT As we move through this process, we're going to budget things and incorporate some more of these con...
JERRY BENDO Transparency with accountability inculcates sense of responsibility & trustworthiness. Trustworthine...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The market has no support. Investors are still waiting for economic measures and new developments in...
GERONIMO We think [Baker's proposal] would not have the same accountability and transparency for the American...
ALLAN HUBBARD American law enforcement officers understand that race is and has been a heated issue in our country...
DAVID A. CLARKE, JR. This is the theatrical side of the budget process. The substance is still done behind closed doors.
BLAIR HORNER The FBI conducted a test and they basically shrugged their shoulders and said we don't know whose th...
MARK KLEINSCHMIDT President Clinton today laid out the most aggressive environmental budget I've ever seen. However, w...
DEBBIE SEASE I hope to have this work completed so that recommendations can be considered by the 2007 budget proc...
MAYOR JERRE VAN HOOSE Based on the budget we were looking at, this levy will be used for the operating budget, salaries, r...
WADE ESTEP
At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted... PETE HEGSETH
You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this las... RICK PERRY There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because o...
DAN WEBSTER This budget is unreal. This is an election budget.
AUDLEY SHAW It's a horrible situation. These young men wasting away on a shambles of a ship, while their employe...
DAVE WALSH Unlike their colleagues across the Capitol, the House Budget Committee refrained from undermining th...
HEATHER TAYLOR This has been the most difficult budget cycle in 11 years of doing this,
LARRY BARNETT We are going to defeat you in the budget process and debate process until you cry uncle,
MARK SOUDER Services won't be seriously impacted. We've been moving in this direction for the last two budget ye...
KEVIN EVANS We pay for it from the student activity fee and the regular CRC budget process.
DAVID ANDERSEN The important aspect as we look at this budget, and as we look at previous budgets, is the budget sy...
SCOTT MCCALLUM I think, from the broad political spectrum, not just the Freedom Caucus, I think there is a need for...
JASON CHAFFETZ This is the most troubling budget we've seen from this White House.
HEATHER TAYLOR The district is trying to become more financially transparent. That is why this stuff keeps coming o...
LARRY SNOW These amendments ensure transparency of police investigations.
ANDY WEILER When you look at their platform, this fiscal imbalance could blow a serious hole in their budget.
ELLEN RUSSELL [The] fact check ... failed to admit he balanced the budget by cutting key services. ... Dean balanc...
HOWARD DEAN This vote [Medicaid amendment] is a rare bright spot in what for the most part is a pretty dismal bu...
JAMES JEFFORDS We're going to put some controls in during the budget process.
WILLIAM KOVACS I've told the shelter board to use the funds as they see fit, as this is the most difficult time of ...
MARY BECKER Budget Billing is the easiest, simplest way for customers to better handle their utility bills. They...
LEIGH MORRIS
We have an immediate and dire need for this. The board has voted already to go ahead with this. JOHN MAYER These will be a great help in shaping the budget measures provide real insights into the hopes and c...
DIANE ABLONCZY It's a process. All areas of the budget are under review.
WALTER KEISS Britain has taken itself out as a major player in the international system, at least for a while, wi...
ROBERT KAGAN The Senate took the fine work Rep. May did in the House of Representatives and destroyed it.
DAN GROSSMAN This is a significant budget decision before we've had the first budget discussion.
ANNE SINCLAIR Hopefully this will be information that will be fed into the budget process not only for governments...
DAN RAY The objective was to speed up the budget and estimating process because the season is so short.
RALPH CARRAS
I was a brand new senator in 2013. And the idiocy of Congress was to shut the government down for tw... TIM KAINE
Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives ... BEN BERNANKE This is a great budget for Pennsylvania's children.
JOAN BENSO
This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no... SENATOR JOHN KERRY The defense budget continues to grow but at this point, most of the growth is completely dependent o...
JOE CAMPBELL Transparency pertains to impartial behaviour ,implies openness, communication, and accountability. I...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It is foolish for Republicans to continue opening the door to job-killing tax hikes while Democrats ...
JOHN FLEMING It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have to develop a strategy that ...
VACLAV KLAUS We need transparency, and we certainly need accountability.
KRISTEN BREITWEISER We're still a number of days away from going through the budget process.
BILL JONES Budget reform is the gateway challenge that must be met before we can actually get back to fiscal re...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN We revised the budget based upon September and October taxes that had been collected. When I am look...
JULES GAUDIN It is not advisable to have an alternative budget without knowing how much you are budgeting for. It...
BERNARD BALIKANI
The budget deficit is going to have to go up over the next three to seven years. BARRY RITHOLTZ I would urge the members of this House to see through these amendments and recognize them for what t...
MARTIN MEEHAN But we haven't come up with any measures to deal with the matter. The wage hike is impractical becau...
ALEX PADILLA
It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget... MORGAN FREEMAN
Digital India is the only way for citizen empowerment, which can bring government transparency and a... SAFRA A. CATZ If the funds must come from the state budget, the buy-back cannot be realized this year because ther...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS While costs for full interoperability are estimated at $18 billion, for the second year in a row the...
BART STUPAK Every imaginable expense is taken care of by the budget.
GENE STILP It recognizes that enhanced enforcement is needed at the border and the workplace, but soundly and o...
ANGELA KELLY We have a number of major budget productions that either have looked seriously at or are in the proc...
BILL ARNOLD Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that ...
DAVID KNOPFLER
Obama is not only obstructing budget reform; it's almost as if he is trying to make matters wors... DAVID LIMBAUGH The governor is very optimistic that the negotiations will get off on a positive foot. This is a pla...
KEVIN HALL We are trying to be as conservative as possible. This is something we feel needs doing, but we want ...
FRED BRADLEY Canadians voted for hope over fear and accountability over corruption. Tonight is the beginning of a...
JASON KENNEY
The problem is that this budget, there is no investment. This budget doesn't really represent, doesn... PAUL WELLSTONE Rep. Nancy Johnson has always been a champion of legislation to protect the Arctic Refuge as a wilde...
LISA RENSTROM
The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking. PETER JACKSON
Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability i... STEPHEN HARPER If approved by the legislature, this budget will set in stone Governor Bush's environmental legacy.
ERIC DRAPER Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reduci...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE We're disappointed, frustrated and angry. Small business is not a part of the Ontario plan for this ...
GARTH WHYTE The 2006 budget crisis is looming, provoked by the fiscal policies of the Bush Cheney Regime, ... Th...
AL MARTIN Look, I've done some low-budget movies and I've done some big-budget movies, and the big-bud...
JOHN CORBETT Dire times call for dire measures. We're going to cut in-service days. We're not spending more on te...
CHRIS SIMON
The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the ... JIM COOPER
I said we are going to balance an $11 billion budget deficit in a $29 billion budget, so by percenta... CHRIS CHRISTIE
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