Amy Klobuchar Quotes

Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid!

If you ask people do you think that government should spend less money than what it takes in, most people agree with that.

Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.

I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government.

It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to appropriate.

The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.

What you really want to do is sit down and find a place that you can control government spending and raise more revenue.

We could have a budget that brings Americans together.

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.

Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending.

Government spending clearly needs some adjusting. But a budget is a statement of our priorities, and balancing our spending on the backs of our nation's seniors is not the right approach.

You will see the President being very, very tough on spending.

The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of the disease.

We must get rid of deficit spending which finances the political schemes of today by mortgaging the future of tomorrow.

I've heard enough of Democrats claiming a balanced approach.

There is nothing more important for a government than getting its budget through.

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government.

Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?

In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they can take us away from the focus on spending as a percentage of the economy.

We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years.

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.

Defense spending as a share of the economy dropped significantly during the early 1990s, and that was one of the things, along with other policy changes, that put us back on the path to a balanced budget.

In Wisconsin, I led the Assembly to a balanced budget in face of fierce opposition from the status quo.