Appropriations Committee Quotes

#1. The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending.

John Ensign

#2. Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

Jeff Flake

#3. I would not reconsider the nuclear cuts. The appropriations committee did due process in looking at where there was the ability to cut some spending and that's what we did and now it's time to look forward to fiscal year '12.

Joe Heck

#4. If you want to learn about the whole government and how it operates, the Appropriations Committee is the best place to learn it.

John J. Rooney

#5. To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and one of 435 in the whole House, it is more difficult to directly impact policy here.

Kevin Yoder

#6. [Brodsky] loved cats, and sometimes for a greeting would meow.

Sigrid Nunez

#7. The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.

Tullian Tchividjian

#8. Imagine my not letting him sink, as I was his fag!' said Mr. Tartar.

Charles Dickens

#9. A family is one of nature's solubles; it dissolves in time like salt in rainwater.

Pat Conroy

#10. Buffeted by the passions and longings of youth.

Jon Krakauer

#11. If we spend our days waiting for fabulous roses, we could miss the beauty and wonder of the tiny forget-me-nots that are all around us.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

#12. It's odd to spend your vacation with someone else's music especially when you're alone. You're free to let loose, unobserved, but someone else has chosen the words you belt out in private, the rythms you can dance to like a fool.

Julia Glass

#13. Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.

Paul Wolfowitz