Steve Scalise Quotes

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

We can pass conservative policy that unites us.

Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's what I was committed to doing.

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?

Basically, I'm a fiscal conservative.

I am a fiscal conservative.

I continue to vote against such spending increases, but sometimes I think some of my Republican colleagues forgot that we were sent here to shrink the federal government, not to grow it.

We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in.

Don't get me wrong, I am a proud Republican, and I want to support my party. I am a firm believer in the Republican principles of smaller government, low taxes and economic freedom. I have spent my time in government service fighting for these principles.

Leaders should not just talk about - but walk the walk of - fiscal conservatism.

We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.

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

In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

I will continue my consistent record of voting for lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations to make our government more effective and efficient while upholding our Constitution.

I am a small-government conservative who clings tenaciously and old-fashionedly to the idea that one ought to have balanced budgets.

We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.

… bad times make for good policies, and good times make for bad policies.

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

We are the ones that are trying to get Washington spending under control so it can live within its means.

I think we have lost track of a core Republican principle of limited government and balancing budgets and restraining federal spending. We have got to change the system.

I have said before, you don't expect conservative parties to believe in much, but you do expect them to believe in thrift.

I would bring the government back to what it was intended to be - a plain economical government.

I've been a conservative when it comes to budgeting issues and streamlining government.