Quotes About Government

The job of the government - and my responsibility - is to help people live healthier lives. The framework is about giving local authorities the ability to focus on the most effective ways to improve the public's health and reduce health inequalities, long-term, from cradle to grave.

The Keystone Pipeline is one common-sense step in the right direction to help put more people back to work, reduce prices at the pump, and position our nation for greater energy security now and in the future.

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.

Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs.

It's much more powerful to say I'm working to reduce spending, deal with our nation's deficit, push back on the federal government, and give specifics for that rather than just say, 'I'm a conservative.'

The critical thing is that we have to reduce the tax burden.

There are only two honest ways to reduce our debt: cut spending or raise revenues.

We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels.

Any move to reduce government spending is a positive for the economy.

It is high time our government take action and do everything in its power to help reduce gun violence in America and save lives.

I think that as a government agency, USDA has a responsibility to reduce the levels of contamination and to mandate a stringent approach to protect public health.

Harry Reid and the Senate haven't passed a budget. Their pay should be reduced until they do.

State government's efforts to address climate change must include reduced consumption and other conservation measures as water shortages become the new normal.

Reducing the entanglement of Big Government in order to benefit people with disabilities should be a top priority for the Republican party.

Well, now, and there's - for every dollar the federal government spends, there's real people on the other side, and so when we talk about reductions that are going to affect providers, that's going to affect hospitals and doctors and others.

There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that 'the government' is really the most basic product of our political commonwealth, that it is what we produce among ourselves so as to order the production of everything else that we do together.

The Government has boxed itself in by trying to codge together this weird fake Brexit in the hope of committing people to somehow delivering on the referendum result.

The reason I say 'never say never' is because I do not think that there should be another independence referendum in Scotland - I do not think it's in their interest - but on the other hand, I am a big believer in devolution.

I would also point out that many governments that chose not to support this war - certainly, the French president, Jacques Chirac, as I recall in April of last year, referred to Iraq's possession of WMD.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.

I need my president to be prepared to handle all the critical issues our country faces.

The way our government handled the Chibok girls case goes beyond an election matter. This is not a one-time issue we discuss over elections. We need to have a deeper conversation about what kind of a nation we want to be.

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.