Nancy Pelosi Quotes

The taxpayers deserve accountability.

I firmly believe that the most important feature of spending the people's money is complete transparency.

Using cold facts and figures, leaders throughout the West must become more transparent with their citizens in explaining their decisions and their choices in global markets.

We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.

The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumptions that they have made to give rise to a $10.4 billion package.

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

Every public official concerned with administering public funds owes it to all our citizens to be prepared at any time to account to the last penny of the public money placed in his hands.

Since 2001, I've done what every elected official should be doing in government right now. My staff and I took a look at the books, thought outside the box and proposed reforms.

Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006.

The Pentagon says that they are too big to be audited. That’s an insult. They spend $700 billion a year. They need to be audited.

I'm gonna watch the taxpayers' money like I was elected to do.

I know as well as anyone that the American people want to know that their hard-earned dollars are being spent wisely by government officials.

Far too many government spending programs have gone years, even decades, without being reauthorized, leaving the American people less able to effectively review, rethink, and possibly eliminate government programs.

We need to deliver efficient, transparent government.

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.'

When you hide behind a veil of your financial business you never know who you're influencing, where your priorities lie. But I think it's important that the American people have some glimpse or some understanding of the financial standing of their commander-In-chief.

I look forward to being a voice of reason in fighting for transparent and accountable budgets.

In my roles as Deputy State Treasurer and Special Assistant Attorney General, I strove to make government more responsive, transparent, efficient, and proactive.

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

I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.

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.'

It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.

Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank.

No, I was pleased that it is possible for somebody who makes full disclosure as I've done, not only of the contributors, but also how the money is spent.

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.