Warren Rudman Quotes

Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress.

I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met.

I'm not going to deprive my constituents of money that's out there.

Unfortunately, the original Patriot Act did not require these funds to be allocated on the basis of risk. Billions have been distributed with virtually no risk assessment, and little planning. Nor has the federal government set preparedness standards to help state and local governments use the money wisely. The District of Columbia used part of its grant to buy leather jackets and to send sanitation workers to self-improvement seminars. Newark bought air-conditioned garbage trucks. Columbus, Ohio, bought body armor for fire department dogs. These are not the priorities of a nation under threat.

One of the things we have to understand is that federal transportation dollars require a local match. If that money isn't there, that money goes to another state.

But what shouldn't happen is, you shouldn't have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not.

Homeland Security money ought not to be allocated on a pork barrel basis.

When the Budget has once been approved by the President and transmitted to Congress, it is his budget estimate and no officer or official of the War Department would have any right to come up here and attempt to get a single dollar more than is contained in that estimate .

The federal government is currently operating on a budget passed in the dead of night just before Christmas. It comprised three massive documents, ran to a staggering 3,296 pages, weighed in at a hefty 43 pounds, and had a price tag of $650 billion. Congress had about three hours to look at it before voting on it.

I do not believe in welfare. Therefore, I am the first presidential candidate in American History who qualifies for Federal matching funds, who will not take them.

As long as Federal dollars are used to finance art projects, Congress will have the responsibility to its constituents to determine what type of art taxpayer dollars will support.

Social Security is stealing—from those who earned the money to others who didn’t.

I don't care what kind of speeches you make as long as you don't vote against the appropriations.

The federal contribution to our state for education has gone from 3.9 percent to 4.4 percent. The federal government may be a contributor but this is hardly a partnership.

People dislike government spending in the abstract, but the like government spending when they see the benefit.

With Government funding comes regulation.

Congress really likes the power that comes from the Highway program or messing in education.

Congress has the Constitutional responsibility to deal with the problem and Congress punted.

Austerity [in the Defense Department] meant that risks had to be managed, not eliminated.

Government can’t work if lawmakers don’t give Government agencies the funds they need to do their work.

We in Congress have the money but we don’t have the expertise.

Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people can’t. But I don’t believe that the federal government should take action to try to make these opportunities exactly equal, when there is a moral factor involved.

The last thing you want is a group of senators who just lent you seven and a half billion dollars to sit back and go, 'Look at these jerks and how they're using taxpayer money.'

Government has a rightful role, but not an excessive role, to play.

Institutions are increasingly persuaded that political maneuvering is more important than scientific justification in securing federal funds.