Authority Quote by Michael Enzi

The president has immense powers, but he cannot spend money unless we, the people's representatives in Congress, have agreed that he can.

— Tom Malinowski

When you're the president of the United States, you have no money unless the Congress says, 'Here's what you can spend it on.'

— Dana Perino

We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees…

— Richard M. Nixon

It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the…

— Mitch McConnell

The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.

— Paul Weyrich

Every dollar the government doesn't spend, tax, or borrow is a dollar that businesses and families can spend or invest themselves.

— Stephen Moore

Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first…

— Jesse Ventura

The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a…

— Mary Landrieu

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

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and, God knows,…

— Will Rogers

When it comes to federal spending, George W. Bush is the boy who cant say no. In each of his three years at the…

— Tony Snow

The American people need to know that money is being used effectively because frankly, the nation can't afford careless spending, no matter how well-intentioned.

— Michael Enzi