Jeff Fortenberry Quotes

Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.

Increased spending, all these favors that we got to do for people - it's got to stop.

You know, even people who talk about cutting spending and they go 'That's not the spending that I was actually talking about that you're supposed to be cutting.' Well, we have to be looking across the board.

Again, the American people expect us to do what they are doing. It's tightening the belt, it's learning how to do more with less. That's a reality today, and we've got to do that in order to get the private sector growing.

I would submit a balanced budget if elected president, and it would be painful.

I think it's essential that we do more than talk about austerity measures and cutting.

Look, the, the - this country has not lived within its means for a very long time, and, and the truth is we're going to have to take our medicine.

We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all kind, including the military. We all know this. Lets get on with it.

I've made more cuts than any governor has ever made.

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.

When they talk about belt-tightening in Washington, they are talking about tightening our belts.

As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending.

Certainly, cutting spending is one of the things that can transcend to the federal government. I mean, I think the federal government has grown by leaps and bounds, and they need to look where do they need to cut.

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

I think that, you know, this is a different year than most years. We've got to tell the American people that we have to live with less. We have a $13.5 trillion debt. And the only way to do that is an honest campaign with honest people.

The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.

No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.

I came to Congress to help reduce spending.

Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.

Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.

I have a record as governor. I have a record of cutting spending. And I talked yesterday not only about we ought to cut spending, I talked about how we've cut spending in Mississippi and how if you did the same things in the federal government, you would save tens of billions of dollars a year.

Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

I've actually cut my personal pay individually; we didn't vote on that, but I've done that individually. It's important that folks know that we're going to roll up our sleeves and work on things, and members of Congress are going to sacrifice our own budgets first.

The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.