Appropriation Quote by John J. Rooney

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

— Sam Brownback

I've had quite a long time in government, and I've learned a few things.

— Mahathir Mohamad

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

The money that government spends is your money, not government's, and you know how to spend it better.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government, what they're doing.

— Jonathan Alter

If you talk to a lot of people in government, they will talk about the pathway to getting something done rather than the thing…

— Bill de Blasio

You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you…

— Noam Chomsky

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

— James Bovard

You have to understand government and you have to understand how hard it is.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government.

— Jonathan Alter

I am interested in government spend quality, as it accounts for the biggest chunk of the social spending pie. Hundreds of foundations put together…

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Completing annual appropriations bills would be an important step in responsible federal budgeting.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith