Laura Miller Quotes

To pay out millions upon millions of dollars in bonuses for incomplete work, poor performance, and unacceptable products is the height of government waste and mismanagement.

Expenditures have gone rampant in Puerto Rico: lack of accountability - total lack of accountability.

Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is spending $2.4 trillion in the most efficient manner.

Governments are out of control, irresponsible, never have enough money, never tighten their own belts, and when they are forced to, they always threaten to shut down police departments and teachers and all these things.

This is a government program run amok, and we owe it to the taxpayers to find out exactly what happened before Eagle-Net wastes any more money.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.

When done right - or wrong, depending on how you look at it - deficits remove liberal options from the table. Suddenly there's no money for building bridges or inspecting meat. Not surprisingly, running up a deficit is a strategy favored by the wrecking crew for its liberal-killing properties.

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.

What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.

Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem.

I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.'

One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.

In Congress, it's all pork, all the time.

Instead of cutting waste, the Obama Administration is hurting workers. President Obama should stop protecting wasteful government spending.

When efforts are made to shape policy based on budgets rather than the public good, then the needs of the people will not be met.

I'm sick and tired - and the American people are sick and tired - of the pork barrel spending.

We don't spend money properly in Washington, D.C. We jump these massive bills to massive bills.

The biggest problem with the deficit is programs that are unconstitutional and wasteful.

Despite all the hoopla - despite all the umpa - after 5 years of UDP mismanagement, corruption, and incompetence, we have sunk deeper into debt of $2.4 billion: some $200 million deeper in debt.

I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose with taxpayer money, but none more so than how we spend our foreign aid dollars.

Everywhere you look in Washington, you can find examples of financial mismanagement.