Earmark Quotes
- Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening… — John Boehner
- House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban… — John Boehner
- Think of Jonathan Edwards who thundered the terrors of God and what Hell was like until men grasped their seats and hung on to them,… — John G. Lake
- The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better… — Tom Coburn
- Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick-growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for… — Jamsetji Tata
- Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee. — Jeff Flake
- We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. — Barack Obama
- When I was first elected to the House in 2006, it was important to me to send a clear message to the people of NY-20:… — Kirsten Gillibrand