The people’s priorities are our priorities. The people’s concerns are our concerns.
No sensible elected politician would look for spending reductions out of sacking teachers and nurses. We all know how important they are and that our electors want to keep those we have and employ more where possible.
If world peace was as important to people as getting tweeted back by their favorite celebrity, we'd live in a blissful Utopia.
Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.
We are not going to use money from the people of the state of Missouri for what I believe is corporate welfare. We've got far too many core priorities of government that have to be invested in.
The budgets we work on in Congress are more than just fiscal documents; they are a reflection of our moral values as well. In choosing where to spend money, members of Congress choose what priorities they value.
Sport seems to be much more important to people than politics.
This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
Nobody cares about '60 Minutes.' Everybody cares about the Jaguars. Isn't that amazing?
Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.
The American people prefer military rockets to public schools and flights to the moon to urban renewal.
