Chairman Quote by Kevin Yoder

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 have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to…

— Alvar Aalto

If things go right, maybe I'll chair the Appropriations Committee.

— Richard Shelby

Chairing any Appropriations subcommittee is both a great honor and weighty responsibility.

— Dick Durbin

There's a lot of politics over who gets the next allocation of Congressional funding.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a…

— Herman Kahn

Putting the budget ahead of the policy is the wrong way to do it. It's too often the way it's done in Washington.

— Spencer Abraham

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find…

— Donald Rumsfeld

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

The variety of more minute interests, which will necessarily fall under the superintendence of the local administrations . . . cannot be particularized without…

— Alexander Hamilton

The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending.

— John Ensign

I've come to feel very strongly, not as a joke, that if you appoint a committee of more than four people, their efficiency starts…

— Charlton Heston