Tom Schatz
Tom Schatz
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The bipartisan campaign to sabotage BRAC was about putting special interests before the national interest. Sen. Chambliss helped rescue a process that will save taxpayers billions of dollars and will allow the military to restructure to meet modern threats.
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Their tax dollars are getting flushed down the drain here in Washington.
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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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These 'nowhere' things are starting to gather some cachet in that they are drawing the public's attention to the problem of pork.
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The structure slams the door on any competition. The ULA locks up all contracts, ensuring high costs for taxpayers and stifling innovation.
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Eleven years ago we never expected this would be the case. Many people now long for a divided government because that may be what it takes to get more responsibility,
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People use it in different ways. However this kind of spending can gain publicity and raise objections, we don't care what it's called.
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People see (military) recruitment ads on TV all the time, and I don't think anyone objects to that.
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People paying record prices for gas are probably not thinking much about the Packard museum they're thinking about getting the nearest pothole fixed,
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We cover a lot of ground. Hey, that's the way Washington works, right?
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Everyone's opening up their wallets to help (Katrina's victims) -- except members of Congress, who are opening up our wallets.
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Cutting waste is a politically difficult task because almost every program has an active constituency that profits from the status quo, ... But Sen. Chambliss recognizes that the federal government must set priorities. He has taken a long- term view of the nation's fiscal problems and makes a serious effort to tackle the enormous debt being left to future generations.
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I would like to once again ask members of Congress to take a good hard look in the mirror and ask themselves whether their parochial pork projects are really more important than our national and fiscal security.