Quotes About Government

Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.

Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event.

People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.'

Washington is paralyzed by extreme political rhetoric that creates powerful sound bites but poor policy.

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body.

Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C.

What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long.

I did not come to Washington to raise the electricity rates by as much as $40 per month as this plan would do.

In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack.

I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.

Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms.

Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.

I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them.

We (actors) don't really change the world. We reflect it... but Washington really changes the world.

I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now.

The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough?

The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.

Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.