Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kent Conrad

There needs to be recognition by the administration that his budget is not going to get through the Senate because his priorities are not the priorities of the country.

There may not be a solution, but we've got like $200,000 worth of overtime in this budget and it looks to me like there would be some way we could knock some of that out. If we could, it might eliminate having to do away with people, or at least some of them. Maybe there's not a way, but that just looks like a ton of overtime.

There may be a couple of surprises in the budget but for the most part I think they are going to play it reasonably safe and not fool with expectations too much. And if that's the case, then the market movement shouldn't be large.

This is way in excess of market expectations and suggests that the Chancellor's finances will end the year in reasonable form and will certainly be a good platform for his budget on March 22.

This is the most troubling budget we've seen from this White House.

This is the most positive budget I've presented in at least six years since the Carnahan administration. It is very, very preliminary at this point and there are sure to be some changes but it is looking good.

This is their dream so maybe they go one less place or maybe do one less thing they are still going to own that coach they've been dreaming about it for a while and for the folks in the million plus category its such a small part of their over all budget it doesn't impact them too much.

Maria Cantwell

This is too important a question to slide into the budget bill, ... We are setting a very, very dangerous precedent.

This is a very strange appropriations year. We are dealing with a surplus and budget cuts. The question is who is gong to take the pain for spending cuts?

They're leaving that option open and that's why they're floating this fall budget thing.

A new school is a reasonable point of discussion, but other items should be covered in a normal budgetary process.

As far as the timing of the budget is concerned, he hasn't made up his mind.

As far as we're concerned, any discussion of cigarette tax revenue in this budget ought to focus exclusively on collecting the taxes they've been letting escape all these years.

David Gill

As a result we have now spent next summer's transfer budget unless players are disposed of to realise cash for re-investment.

The budget will be driven by cost savings in the administration. We are putting the heat on ourselves to cut the cost of administration of state government.

The budget was over $10 million this year. Next year it will be a little over $11 million.

The budget the report suggests seems to be grossly inflated,

The budget surplus is real, not imagined, and it means that the tax is no longer needed,

E. O. Wilson

The budget stays the same but the salary increases. That is the problem because there is a natural progression of increase.

The budgets run from $9 to over $1 million. We have everything from small to big productions, indies and a lot of student films.

The budget should put the country's deficit reduction effort back on track.

The budget proposal by the Department of Defense is short-sighted, short-term thinking, and long on wrong-headedness.

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.

Dick DeVos

The budget problem we can deal with, but let's get people in Michigan back to work. Having someone who understands the realities of business sitting in the governor's chair would make a big difference.

The budget outlook has improved slightly so far this fiscal year, largely during to still robust tax receipts.

The budget never looks proportional until the end of the year.

The budget is so low, it's a success.

The budget is pretty self-explanatory, ... This is a very readable document.

The budget is going to be OK. We're not going to have a windfall of money, but we have resources.

The budget is being eaten up pretty quickly because there are so many teams using the money. The irony is as they get more successful, they need to raise more of their own money.

The budget is a process of give and take.

The budget is an all-around good thing. It's a reduction of 100 jobs over last year, no toll increase, and all our operation spending has been flat over the last four years.

The budget hasn't kept pace with the need. We're doing more with less.