Quotes About Government

I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionary government of Madame Cory Aquino will collapse.

Every day, I talk to Democratic and Republican colleagues with lots of ideas about the work we should be doing.

If you buy something on the Internet, and they didn't collect tax, you're supposed to pay it - but nobody knows that. So there's trillions of dollars that were never collected.

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

Back in the days of the colonies, there were rules that were very good.

What can we do to put more Colorado in Washington and less Washington in Colorado?

It's time for an American comeback... where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.'

My father would be an amazing, amazing commander in chief.

The FCC is a quasi-judicial body. It is supposed to undertake this period of public comment with a degree of seriousness and respect.

I do want to make something clear: SpaceX does have a lot of government business, but we execute in a commercial fashion.

The franking commission is not there to fact-check.

Citizens must have confidence in their government, and that starts with the Commissioner of Revenue.

We can't let government make long-term commitments that it may not be able to keep.

Ed Balls keeps saying that we are committed to scrapping the EMA. I have never said this. We won't.

I'm proud to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee.

I've been in Congress 14 years. I've been on the Appropriations Committee in which we are in charge of trying to move legislation.

Bills should go through committee.

Being a mayor was an awesome, difficult job. Being the chair of the Armed Services Committee was perhaps the most incredible time in my life, because I got up one morning, and the peacenik from Berkeley was chair of the Armed Services Committee, and it was the greatest - one of the great challenges of my life.

I also served on many government committees.

Christianity is part of the common law.

It's time for some common sense from federal agencies.

We are a nation of laws, and we should live by the rule of law. And sometimes we should have a little bit of common sense.

If Congress can't get a budget passed when they're supposed to, it's just common sense they shouldn't get paid.

The Empowering Law Enforcement Act is about common sense.