74 Quotes by Joel Sawyer

Most homeowners would say it's important to treat everyone equally. This bill singles out a particular industry group for preferential treatment.

You can have one budget that grows government at 10 percent or break the budget into three different bills, but the bottom line is this does not seem to be in keeping with the notion of a true spending limit.

We're certainly glad to see Senate Republicans are following through on that.

We will review the bill and make a determination once it has finished going through the legislative process.

Virtual schools are something that this charter school bill has certainly laid the groundwork for. It's something that we're certainly open to in terms of a way to expand choices for students and parents.

When Dan Cooper puts together a budget that shatters state spending records, I can understand why he's sensitive about someone looking over his shoulder. But Gov. Sanford's job is to look out for the hard-working taxpayers of this state, and that's always going to be his top priority.

We are going to work with law enforcement in whatever way we can. This is an incredibly important safety and quality of life issue. In the process of assisting Katrina evacuees, we want to make sure the laws are followed in this state.

To try and make this a fight between the governor and the General Assembly is to confuse night and day. This is really simple. It's about spending.

The fact that the House is now talking about spending caps is certainly a step forward compared with what they were talking about last week. But the real question for us is always where does the money above and beyond the cap go?