Roll back federal spending to 2008 levels.

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

— Rand Paul

Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly…

— Thomas Frank

I sense that conservatives have largely already tuned out to the coming elections, after six years of burgeoning federal spending and inaction on key…

— Bob Barr

It seems that nearly every American either has a share of federal spending or has a close relative who does.

— Trent Lott

As a Main Street businessman, I believe we need to reduce runaway federal spending and address our national debt and the MAP Act provides…

— Mike Braun

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to…

— Jim Ryun

We must cut federal spending - every wasted dollar, every low priority program, and every unconstitutional overreach - every day.

— Kevin Brady

Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican…

— Mike Pence

“From the founding of the Republic to 1929, spending by governments at all levels, federal, state, and local, never exceeded 12 percent of the…

— Milton Friedman

I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

When it comes to federal spending, George W. Bush is the boy who cant say no. In each of his three years at the…

— Tony Snow

The Congressional Budget Office tells us that Medicare spending has increased fivefold in the past 42 years, dramatically more than all other categories of…

— David Limbaugh

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal…

— Jeff Flake

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

Redirect federal spending aimed at fulfilling the terms of the increasingly irrelevant Kyoto Protocol.

— Stephen Harper