Quotes About Government

Health reform should be open and transparent.

People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.

When our Founders created this great experiment in self-governance, the House of Representatives became, by design, the body closest to the people. We are the most accountable, and we must be the most transparent.

This is going to be a very transparent Justice Department. But I'm not gonna sacrifice the safety of the American people or our ability to protect the American homeland.

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.

On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.

You replace it by 23 percent tax, a frank, transparent tax embedded in the cost at retail, and everybody gets to takes their whole check home. And the average income earner gets a 50 percent increase in take-home pay.

We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.

I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.

Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national security issues. But military and civilian pay and retirement benefits are not state secrets. This has already been done in many state governments.

I believe the job of the FBI Director is to be as transparent as possible with the American people because we work for them.

My philosophy is that I may not like all the questions that you ask, and you may not like all the answers that I give, but this is part of a transparent government.

In my roles as Deputy State Treasurer and Special Assistant Attorney General, I strove to make government more responsive, transparent, efficient, and proactive.

Like many countries, Indonesia can transform its decision-making system to be more transparent and inclusive, particularly on resource allocation and use.

I am firmly of the view that the Missouri citizens deserve transparent and accountable government, especially in the expenditure of their tax dollars.

I look forward to being a voice of reason in fighting for transparent and accountable budgets.

The ministries of finance and industries and commerce require modern-minded, transparent, and efficient leadership.

I think New Jersey's process is actually a very good one - the good government. The governor presents the budget, you've got one-on-one meetings, you've got leadership meetings, you've got hearings, more importantly, that are transparent and open.

I want my government to be transparent.

We need to deliver efficient, transparent government.

As the quintessential swing state, Ohio has been on the front lines of battles to restrict access to the vote and make government less transparent. Conservatives know that they can't win without putting a thumb on the scale of electoral outcomes.

It's really great when you can admonish a lawmaker, but at the same time, get them to talk about the process of making government more transparent, then that's great.

We are world leaders in open and transparent government.