Quotes About Taxpayer

Congress has the constitutional authority to investigate the other agencies of government. We are the watchdogs of the taxpayer's money, and we have the right to know how that money is being spent and to conduct oversight over the government.

The American people do not want their taxpayer dollars funding any activity that runs counter to the security of our nation or our ally Israel.

From day one, my focus as a new-breed appropriator was to look for areas where we could save taxpayer dollars.

As Governor, I will direct my Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to distribute federal taxpayer dollars from that department to Planned Parenthood clinics.

In many cases, an expansion of Medicaid will not only drive taxpayer costs but will deliver lower-quality care than what they have today.

I don't want to see any taxpayer funding going towards... a couple that is not married.

Since his election, President Trump has made clear that he and his administration will be focusing on ensuring that the government is a smart buyer, getting the most for the taxpayer's dollar.

The overwhelming majority of new mortgages are issued with government backing in a highly concentrated securitization market. That leaves us with both potential taxpayer liability and systemic risk.

I don't take lightly ever putting the taxpayer on the line to support an institution.

We'll never move beyond oil until we stop rewarding oil companies with ridiculous taxpayer subsidies and start making them pay for the harm they cause our families and our planet.

New Labour has deregulated, liberalised and privatised - but every time the private sector fails it is the taxpayer who pays.

The President should not be able to enrich himself and his family at taxpayer expense, period.

Indeed, President Trump seems to have a pretty good idea how to enrich oneself at taxpayer expense.

The IRS isn't the only agency using taxpayer dollars for big bonuses.

Congress must simply do more to eliminate waste and be good stewards of taxpayer dollars.

Let me make it very clear. There are no taxpayer funds going to the Adani mine.

I've asked the Department of the Interior inspector general to look into how much manpower and taxpayer money has been spent responding to ALEC-supported bills that force federal land managers to give land to states.

President Obama has outsourced a major portion of the U.S. space program to the Russians. That's national policy. Taxpayer money. So let's stop playing games with this outsourcing distortion and talk about the fact that when we need is a president that knows how to manage big enterprise and create jobs.

It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the county are struggling to make ends meet.

The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - or stimulus bill, as it is often called - is a perfect example in which dire circumstances necessitate immediate action. But with such large amounts of taxpayer money at stake, a hastily developed, under-thought-out plan could have been disastrous.

Taxpayer money should not have to be spent to save a misguided and mismanaged enterprise.

It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for other purposes, then they can use other dollars to fund abortion.

Improving small business opportunities through federal contracts creates jobs and saves taxpayer money.

If taxpayer money were limitless, we wouldn't need a budget at all.