Quotes About Joint Committee

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.

Five thousand dollars was tacked on to the bill "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress and such a catalogue as shall be furnished by a joint committee of both houses of Congress to be appointed for that purpose." With that, the Library of Congress was established.

The joint committee invited economists of many economic stripes to model what would happen if America switched from the current code to a unified income tax or a consumption tax. Every economist who modeled reported that the consumption tax would increase long-term economic growth.