Committees Quote by John Ensign

We have to cut spending. We're - the thing is out of control.

— Tim Pawlenty

The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned…

— Ron Wyden

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

Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.

— Gary Johnson

So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill.

— Mitch McConnell

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington. It's completely out of control. We Republicans came to power…

— John McCain

But when I look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the United States of…

— Allen West

The fact is, Missouri's budget is broken. For decades, insiders, special interests, lobbyists and prior politicians have made a mess of our budget.

— Eric Greitens

There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your…

— Chaka Fattah

For me, appropriations bills are the glue. These are the bills that must move, no matter what, to keep the government functioning as a…

— Marcy Kaptur

We're failing when it comes to controlling spending.

— Lindsey Graham