Keith Ashdown
Keith Ashdown
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This shows the best government contractors don't always get hired, the most politically influential do. We need to strive for more competitive bidding.
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This sets the stage for some very, very interesting hearings next week.
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You know how they call Vancouver 'North Hollywood'? Well, Alaska could become 'North North Hollywood,'
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We need to get out of the business of subsidizing people who are in harm's way.
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We've known for years that there are some easy things on paper. But it's politically hard to limit the budgetary footprint of the federal government. Any item you try and cut, you're going to tick off an 800-pound gorilla that fights with a sledgehammer.
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We considered it one of the worst items in the bill. It's a slush fund for the oil and gas industry that would have been in the backyard of one of the more powerful members in Congress.
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Transparency is the best disinfectant. If they would disclose everything and give the public time to review it, that would change the discourse dramatically.
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With all these new programs, the administration's contention that the deficit will be cut in half in the next five years is a tall tale, derived in large part by omitting very likely or inevitable costs, including costs for proposals the administration itself hopes and intends to support.
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The other reason you see Murtha get so much is because Young does not ask for very much.
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The only issue will be how is Congress going to react.
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We used to think that Mr. Lewis would be a champion for smart spending. But he brought us the biggest increase in defense earmarking in history.
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The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.
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The fact is, there are not the checks and balances to make sure the money is spent well.
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We will learn months after the money was wasted or stolen that it was wasted and stolen.