After Quote by Michael McCaul

I'd be a lot more excited about eliminating earmarks if we reduced all of the spending by whatever the earmarks used to be, but…

— Roy Blunt

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are…

— John Boehner

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

Earmarks are supposed to be bad. But they don't increase spending.

— Todd Tiahrt

Finally, in the Mississippi state Senate, earmarks are often hidden in bond bills, which I have voted against many times, because our bonded indebtedness…

— Chris McDaniel

“Earmarks do not add spending the budget anymore than choosing to purchase a box of pasta instead of a pound of bananas (i.e., earmarking…

— Sean Kelly

I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their…

— Carly Fiorina

If the earmark is reinstated, get ready for an avalanche of government waste coming in the form of a Democrat wish list.

— Lauren Boebert

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…

— Jeff Flake

After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please…

— Michele Bachmann

The responsible use of earmarks can have public benefits.

— Jeff Fortenberry

“Indeed, it costs more. CNN reports that Hillary and Bill collected $153 million in speaking fees between 2001 and 2015. Ken Starr, according to…

— P.J. O'Rourke