41 Quotes by Tom Schatz

Members of Congress are well aware that we are about to face massive debts and deficits, and we're spending for an entrance to a museum? It's just not a national priority under any circumstance, and less so when we've got to spend billions to clean everything up (in the Gulf).

The proposed shift in software will be paid for by the taxpayers, businesses, and regular citizens of Massachusetts,

The Deficit Reduction Act is a modest step to control spending. There is nothing compassionate about ignoring reality and leaving a crushing debt burden to future generations.

With a line-item veto, the president could help get special-interest and pork-barrel spending under control. Coming on the heels of last year's record pork-barrel spending, this proposal could not be more timely.

With all the special interests in Washington clamoring for handouts from a spendthrift Congress, the fight against big government is an uphill battle. Thanks to people like Sen. Chambliss, taxpayers have a fighting chance and will continue to score victories,

Unfortunately disasters become an excuse for excessive spending. When it's within the region, people try to add these projects on.

We cover a lot of ground. Hey, that's the way Washington works, right?

Everyone's opening up their wallets to help (Katrina's victims) -- except members of Congress, who are opening up our wallets.

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.