WILLIAM FRENZEL

You cannot make elected officials … do what they will not do.

The budget is looked upon in the Congress as a way for a political party to promote itself.

[In 1970:] I don't expect to spend the rest of my life in this business. I damn near did.

There must be some flexibility in the budget. You cannot have too much discipline.

a king-sized cancer on our economy.

Joint committees are heat generators rather than light producers.

American government has usually been pretty good in a crisis and pretty lousy at all other times.

Social Security is on the books. We’ll pay for it as long as we have money or can borrow it.

The reason Congress hasn't balanced the budget is that the sky hasn't fallen lately.

In the military budget regionalism overcomes partiotism.

a king-sized cancer on our economy.

[In 1970:] I don't expect to spend the rest of my life in this business. I damn near did.

In the military budget regionalism overcomes partiotism.

Joint committees are heat generators rather than light producers.

Social Security is on the books. We’ll pay for it as long as we have money or can borrow it.

The budget is looked upon in the Congress as a way for a political party to promote itself.

The reason Congress hasn't balanced the budget is that the sky hasn't fallen lately.

There must be some flexibility in the budget. You cannot have too much discipline.

You cannot make elected officials … do what they will not do.

American government has usually been pretty good in a crisis and pretty lousy at all other times.