Budget cuts Quote by Rand Paul

I would immediately start working on the military [as a President] . We have to build up our depleted military. And I would start…

— Donald Trump

I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

— Rand Paul

I will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is a combination of the budget cuts Barack Obama has, as well…

— Mitt Romney

A tax cut would most certainly be my first choice rather than an increase in federal spending. Those who advocate that fail to see…

— William E. Simon

I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.

— David H. Koch

You may want to move onto another topic, but I, I would just say this to the American people. If you believe that we…

— Barack Obama

I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower.…

— Mitt Romney

But you have to have a vision of what kind of military you are trying to build in order to get the [budget] cuts…

— Jessica Mathews

My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal agencies, and then ask…

— Herman Cain

If we have to continue to live under sequestration, it will have a maximum impact on our ability to fulfill the president's strategic guidance.…

— Chuck Hagel

I'm the first secretary of defense that's had to deal with sequestration. I've prepared two budgets that deal with sequestration. And you bring the…

— Chuck Hagel