Cary Kennedy Quotes

My goal is to give our taxpayers greater access and visibility into how their taxpayer dollars are being spent.

From now on, the government has to make its accounts public on a quarterly basis.

We should never waive the checks on government spending that taxpayers deserve.

The taxpayers deserve accountability.

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

I am the only public servant and the only Mexican President ever who has made his finances public from before, during, and after public service.

The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.

In many cases, here we are, putting out reports that we're spending $100 million a year on, and we're telling the public, 'Oh, you don't have access to them.'

The American public is rightfully asking, 'Hey, all those funds are coming out of my pocket, so I want to know where they're going.'

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

When I was first elected to the House in 2006, it was important to me to send a clear message to the people of NY-20: I wanted to be a representative for the people and shed some light on their government, so I became the first member of Congress to post my schedule, my financial disclosures and my earmark requests all online.

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.

I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position.

We're not the bosses of taxpayers; they're ours.

To sell a new tax to the voters you have to be very specific about what it is being used for.

The time is coming when all businesses will have to be done with glass pockets.

The overarching purpose of access to information legislation … is to facilitate democracy. It does so in two related ways. It helps to ensure first, that citizens have the information required to participate meaningfully in the democratic process, and secondly, that politicians and bureaucrats remain accountable to the citizenry.

All of my political career, I've fought for the taxpayers.

The American people deserve to know what's on Trump's tax returns. And Trump must show that he truly embraces accountability and transparency and understands what it means to work on behalf of the public interest.

From the RBI side, the fake Indian currency note is an important issue that needed to be addressed. The other collateral benefits from this, in terms of greater accountability, better public finance, more transparency, are, by definition, areas that take time to fully play out.

Whoever is running the country should not be in the pay of a foreign interest. The best way is to see tax returns.

Taxpayers should be able to see where their money is being spent and what impact it is having.