Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well. So what did we try to do? We introduced a fiscal rule that de-linked our budget from the oil price. – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The one period of glory in NASA was the first nine years when they weren’t a bureaucracy yet… and they haven’t gotten back to that excitement, that adventurism, and won’t. So, I would take most of the NASA budget, and I would turn it into prizes for private sector. – Newt Gingrich
Congress, of course, is not bound to accept the president’s budget figures, but the House has the sole power to appropriate funds for spending, and it is a duty that should not be ignored. – Marsha Blackburn
In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better. – Mac Thornberry
The Scottish Government’s international development work began in 2005 with a รด?3 million budget focused solely on Malawi, reflecting the historic links between our two countries. – Nicola Sturgeon
We’re facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families do. – Nan Hayworth
We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability. – Mike Quigley
In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Government budget would allow us to. I did two active tours of duty: Northern Ireland, and then the Falklands war. – Mark Burnett
While the budget resolution is a nonbinding blueprint, it is, nevertheless, an important guideline for Congress. Once the President’s proposed budget is received by Congress on the first Monday of February, Congress generally goes to work on appropriating the funds required. – Marsha Blackburn
What will growth policy have to look like in a fiscally compacted Europe? Clearly any illusion of budget stimulated growth policy will have to go away. – Mario Monti
When you’re starting out, you know, you have to do something on a very limited budget. You’re not going to be able to have great actors, and you’re most likely not going to have a great script. – Peter Jackson
The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be. – Jim Nussle
The biggest source of getting the country to a balanced budget is not by raising taxes or by cutting spending. It’s by encouraging the growth of the economy. – Mitt Romney
The President’s budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill. – Jim Cooper
When people see the budget, they’re going to say, ‘Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn’t know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense.’ – John Breaux
I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about a balanced budget amendment, which we as governors always had to deal with. – Jon Huntsman, Jr.
As an actor on sets, I’ve always clocked how hard the crew works, how much longer their days are, how much lesser their glory is – and the fact that their commitment to the work and project is unwavering, no matter the budget. – Jennifer Westfeldt
First of all, pharmaceutical costs are the single fastest-growing part of our health care budget. – John Kitzhaber
I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don’t think the way the transit authority works with the City of New York is very appropriate. – Joseph J. Lhota
I’ve certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don’t know if it’s because there’s so much money involved, but a lot of times the pressure overwhelms me and engulfs me. I end up falling apart in the audition. – Jason Ritter
I think calling what Paul Ryan is doing a ‘budget’ is lending some validity to it. It is not a budget. If it were a budget, he could justify his revenue projections, he could justify his cuts, and he can’t. This is a scheme to rob the poor and give to the rich. – Marcia Fudge
Servers make very little in regular wages and largely rely on tips to pay the bills and budget for weeks ahead. – Kevin McCarthy
Reagan was president and had Democrats control the House and Senate, and they reformed the tax code. Clinton was president, and he had Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole; they reformed welfare and balanced the budget. – Kevin McCarthy
In Wisconsin, I led the Assembly to a balanced budget in face of fierce opposition from the status quo. – Jeff Fitzgerald
Throughout the 40 years I’ve been in Washington, I’ve always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues. – Leon Panetta