Paul Gosar Quotes

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.

I'd be a lot more excited about eliminating earmarks if we reduced all of the spending by whatever the earmarks used to be, but nobody's, apparently, going to talk about doing that.

While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars.

Congress must build on the success of the Budget Control Act.

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

Fiscal discipline is a priority in Romania, and we have already proven we are committed and able to make real progress in this area.

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.

In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order.

We give lip service to the importance of deficit reduction, but Americans oppose every single thing that you might do to reduce the deficit.

Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.

I am prepared to discuss the things that I believe we need to do not just to raise the debt limit. Raising the debt limit is the easiest thing. That's one vote away. The hard thing is to show the world we are serious about putting our spending in order so we can show people we'll able to pay our bills down the road.

For those of us who want to accomplish something for the country, we need to come up with a list ... of anti-spending reforms which are locked into place so we are dramatically lowering the appetite of the federal government over the future.

A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets.

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

As the President reviewed the state of the union and unveiled his second-term agenda, he fell short of adequately explaining how he intends to set America back on the course of fiscal responsibility and secure the fiscal health of the nation.

What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit.

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

Make no mistake: I will work with both Democrats and Republicans to cut wasteful spending and reduce our debt in a balanced, responsible way.

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

It's time for the sensible center to rise up and push for a rational approach to our fiscal challenges.

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.

Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint.

I think that when we look out with our underfunded liabilities and our national debt over $14 trillion, I think if we are part of that movement to get our government spending under control, I think that would be a tremendous legacy to leave.

The only way you can raise the debt ceiling is to change the trajectory of spending - that's my personal preference. But I want the Ways and Means Committee to offer up a solution.

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.