Fiscal Allocation Quotes

It's not fair for the U.S. to spend, on arms and weapons, so much money and then not spend on health care the money that is needed.

Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.

Foreign aid just doesn't have the constituency that domestic programs do.

Whenever people in Washington complain about spending cuts, they mean spending cuts that would affect defense contractors. They want to massively increase spending cuts everywhere else in the budget.

When completed, the budget must provide the services we have promised to our constituents.

Do you realize that $150 billion of our tax money is given to the corporations, unions and wealthy people for tax breaks, special subsidies and special regulations? That money would be available for health and education and building bridges.

I think what's been lacking from our discussion for a long time is really that other part of what a Budget chair does, which is set the priorities for this country in terms of making sure we invest in the right places, in education, in job training, and to make sure we do a balanced approach moving forward.

There's no doubt about it, earmarks are not very popular. There are good earmarks and bad earmarks. The good earmarks are the ones I get for my district.

I don't have a problem with the Centre sanctioning funds to any state. However, when this is done for narrow political considerations, it damages the federal fabric mandated by the Constitution.

I strongly believe that more money needs to be spent in the classroom.

To me, we never get enough funding. In New York, we are clearly the number one terrorist target in the country.