Appropriations Bill Quotes

We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.

There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade.

Government can’t work if lawmakers don’t give Government agencies the funds they need to do their work.

When you're the president of the United States, you have no money unless the Congress says, 'Here's what you can spend it on.'

I've been in Congress 14 years. I've been on the Appropriations Committee in which we are in charge of trying to move legislation.

I don't care what kind of speeches you make as long as you don't vote against the appropriations.

Congress, of course, is not bound to accept the president's budget figures, but the House has the sole power to appropriate funds for spending, and it is a duty that should not be ignored.

The bill then says if the Senate does not act, then H.R. 1 (the House-passed bill that cuts $61 billion) will be the law of the land. In addition to that, it says that if all else fails, and the Senate brings about a shutdown, then members should not get their pay.

When the Budget has once been approved by the President and transmitted to Congress, it is his budget estimate and no officer or official of the War Department would have any right to come up here and attempt to get a single dollar more than is contained in that estimate .

With each new appropriations bill Congress considers, I have to ask myself, 'Is this a good way to spend taxpayer dollars?'

The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut.

One of the most important tasks of the United States House of Representatives is to pass a budget resolution.

Congress passes bills that appropriate money. Congress says, 'We're building this bridge or funding that defense project, and they cost this much.'

The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process.

Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.'

This emergency spending measure is certainly only the beginning, since we here in Washington will continue to work closely with the president and emergency agencies to ensure they continue receiving the funding they need.

Last year, I twice voted against the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill because it did not adequately fund education in general, and Native American programs specifically.

Hurray! Congress is to adjourn! Only four more days of Congressional burglary on the Treasury!

The filibuster is used more aggressively, so I think doing each individual appropriations bill through regular order would be a home run. But I think that we should try to hit a few singles.

So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill.

I've already composed and written a letter to the House administration telling them to withhold my paycheck in the event of a lapse of appropriations.