Democracy Quote by Mitch McConnell

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

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

— Paul Weyrich

It's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem…

— Mitch McConnell

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

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

— Tim Pawlenty

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under…

— Thad Cochran

As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending.

— Jeff Miller

My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America…

— David Plouffe

We're committed to working with Congress to doing what the president said he was always going to do, which is cut the deficit in…

— Christina Romer

We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.

— Johnny Van Zant

Well, first of all, let's go right to it. We're going to balance the budget. We should live within our own means, and we…

— Jeff Sessions

Where we are now is we have resolved the revenue issue and the question is what are we going to do about spending. I…

— Mitch McConnell