Tom Schatz
Tom Schatz
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The budget process is in shambles, devoid of accountability, transparency and enforcement measures. While most representatives shrugged their shoulders at this dire situation, Rep. Coble voted for seven budget reform amendments and bills rated by CCAGW.
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The budget process is in shambles, devoid of accountability, transparency, and enforcement measures, ... A vote for the status quo is a clear sign of contentment with the spending explosion in Washington.
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They should just have a deal with Wal-Mart, Lowe's, Home Depot and other large companies to get all this stuff out there as quickly as possible and that would solve a lot of problems,
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It is bad procurement policy for any state to unilaterally lock itself into one set of technologies.
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Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress. They always have. That's the way things are done.
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Our point is simple. These projects were wasteful before, and they only seem more wasteful because we have a real emergency,
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Clearly, if a terrorist is already over the border, he's not going to target a dinner cruise,
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Their tax dollars are getting flushed down the drain here in Washington.
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They just realized that they just did not have the room within the budget. They needed close to $1 billion for various programs, and they just didn't have it without taking the projects out. But whether this is a trend or a one-year aberration remains to be seen.
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In the past, some members of Congress have short-changed troops, disaster victims, and taxpayers by including self-serving pork projects in emergency spending bills,
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In 2004, Congress wasted tax dollars like never before. Very few members of Congress are working to ease the tax and regulatory burden of a cumbersome, bloated federal government,
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Agencies should be able to accept bids from any company that can provide the desired product or service. Government earns the best value for taxpayer dollars through a competitive, transparent, and accountable bidding process.
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The line-item veto is just one element in earmark reform, and earmark reform is just one element in spending restraint. However, the line-item veto would add an important check to a budget process that is tainted by waste, abuse, and favoritism. Congressional leaders should move quickly on this proposal.