Scott Pruitt Quotes

My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal agencies, and then ask each of my new agency heads to find another ten percent by drilling down. That's what you do in business to come up with approximately 20 percent cuts for the first fiscal year budget.

You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job.

We're going to have to control the spending of government.

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.

I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

If the rest of Washington ran as efficiently as this football team there wouldn't be any deficit.

Politicians have a natural inclination to spend in general, even as they disagree fiercely about what, specifically, to spend on.

Actively search for spending bills that I can veto as a sign of … financial stewardship.

I was fortunate, I guess, to be part of some good fiscal discipline in the Bush administration. The budget I put forward was a balanced budget.

I'm gonna watch the taxpayers' money like I was elected to do.

Since his election, President Trump has made clear that he and his administration will be focusing on ensuring that the government is a smart buyer, getting the most for the taxpayer's dollar.

I know I've saved the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Gujarat government knows what's in the interest of consumers. When they plan, they ensure they can save every single rupee or earn every single rupee for the state government and bring power at lowest cost to the consumer. They are tightfisted in their approach.

In an economy where public spending is extremely important, the governments must spend, they must spend more but at the same time you can't afford to be reckless and do away with all kinds of fiscal prudence.

From day one, my focus as a new-breed appropriator was to look for areas where we could save taxpayer dollars.

It's no accident that Montana is the most fiscally prudent state in the nation.

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.

Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.

I am not one of those who believe that we are bound to vote supplies to cover a deficiency in the treasury whenever called on, without investigating the causes which occasioned it.

The American people know that we cannot spend our way to prosperity.

Save the taxpayer's money by canceling the Ares 1 and V.

All the states are required, either by constitution or by statute, to have balanced budgets - they're not able to print money. So they have to focus on establishing priorities.

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