It is incumbent upon taxpayer advocates in elected office to call out unnecessary spending when they see it. — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
I want to look at the whole package, but I definitely want to protect the middle-class taxpayer, first and foremost. — Kay Hagan Copy Share Image
As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending. — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm ashamed of my participation as a taxpayer in American drone bombing. — Anohni Copy Share Image
Improving small business opportunities through federal contracts creates jobs and saves taxpayer money. — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
Congress must simply do more to eliminate waste and be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
We need to ensure that taxpayer dollars are preventing human trafficking and smuggling, not encouraging it. — George Santos Copy Share Image
After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of budgeting the balance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Taxpayers have put more than $24 trillion on the line to resuscitate Wall Street after the economic meltdown of last year. With… — Maria Cantwell Copy Share Image
Americans for Tax Reform is a national taxpayer organization dedicated to opposing any and all tax increases. We work at the national,… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
People'd be like, "Oh, spending taxpayer money." It's like, "No, no, I actually I'm paying for all of this. The only thing… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the… — Raul Ruiz Copy Share Image
Conservatives should insist that defense spending be examined with the same seriousness that we demand in examining the books of those government… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Millennials are not deeply familiar with school choice, and have some reservations, especially about the types of institutions that a student might… — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
Our earliest evidence of government, in the ruins of Babylon and Egypt, shows nothing but ziggurats and pyramids of wasted taxpayer money,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of… — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
Defense leaders should be searching for ways to reform out-of-date procurement processes, to collapse layers of Pentagon bureaucracy, and to restrain the… — Pete Hegseth Copy Share Image
Taxpayer money should not have to be spent to save a misguided and mismanaged enterprise. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
Indeed, President Trump seems to have a pretty good idea how to enrich oneself at taxpayer expense. — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
In addition to being a terrorist recruiting tool, Guantanamo is a huge drain on taxpayer dollars. — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
When Secretary of State for International Development, it was my mission to ensure that every taxpayer pound was spent to serve those… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
Taxpayer dollars should not be used as a reward for contractor executives, especially when other segments of society are hurting. — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by… — George Sutherland Copy Share Image
As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However,… — Tadashi Yanai Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a… — Sal Albanese Copy Share Image
As Americans, we shouldn't like bailouts. Where I come from, if someone takes a risk and they're going to make the profit… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
We should be focusing on boosting passenger safety and improving our existing highways and railroads - not wasting taxpayer money on a… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose… — Ted Yoho Copy Share Image
President Trump recognizes that the F-35 is a very large program - the largest program in the Department of Defense. He wants… — Marillyn Hewson Copy Share Image
Every penny we spend comes from the taxpayer. We thus owe it to the taxpayer to work as hard managing that money… — Mick Mulvaney Copy Share Image
The revenue of the country, levied almost insensibly to the taxpayer, goes on from year to year, increasing beyond either the interests… — Franklin Pierce Copy Share Image
After all, as a taxpayer, if I'm acting as the insurer against losses, I should have the right to say what risks… — Jerry A. Webman Copy Share Image
There is a legitimate role for development education in the UK, but I do not believe these projects give the taxpayer value… — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
The left has promoted some wild conspiracy theories - namely that Trump had been groomed for decades by the Russians, and then,… — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
Where the federal government and the taxpayer has had funds misused, we need to use the full extent of the law to… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
If everyone in America can easily see who and what their lawmakers are requesting taxpayer money for, we can keep elected officials… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning… — Jim Ryun Copy Share Image
The Center for Immigration Studies found that illegal immigrants cost the United States taxpayer about $10.4 billion a year. A large part… — Nathan Deal Copy Share Image
