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There are very few things that I read that kick me in the gut. This is beyond my wildest guess of how bad it actually is Ã¢â¬â how bad, how long and how nobody knew about it, ... I don't think Democrats or Republicans win on this. It basically makes people detest Congress even more and deters voter turnout. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

There are very few things that I read that kick me in the gut. This is beyond my wildest guess of how bad it actually is Ã¢â¬â how bad, how long and how nobody knew about it, ... I don't think Democrats or Republicans win on this. It basically makes people detest Congress even more and deters voter turnout.

This sets the stage for some very, very interesting hearings next week. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

This sets the stage for some very, very interesting hearings next week.

Dave Weldon is the one who loses the most here because he isn't going out of his way to show his complete record. He's going to let this case cloud his reputation. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Dave Weldon is the one who loses the most here because he isn't going out of his way to show his complete record. He's going to let this case cloud his reputation.

but it is only a small snapshot of what is going on. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

but it is only a small snapshot of what is going on.

[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying lemons for Iraqi allies who have bull's-eyes on their backs. That's crazy. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying lemons for Iraqi allies who have bull's-eyes on their backs. That's crazy.

It's disconcerting, ... These are supposed to be the crÃÂ¨me de la crÃÂ¨me of forces. If their procurement officers were taking kickbacks, it could be happening anywhere. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

It's disconcerting, ... These are supposed to be the crÃÂ¨me de la crÃÂ¨me of forces. If their procurement officers were taking kickbacks, it could be happening anywhere.

If Katherine Harris put out the list, then 534 other members can do it too. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

If Katherine Harris put out the list, then 534 other members can do it too.

Under this bill, Duke Cunningham still would be able to get away with trading bribes for earmarks. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Under this bill, Duke Cunningham still would be able to get away with trading bribes for earmarks.

This is absolute highway robbery and it really does show that the agency doesn't have a clue in getting real value of contracts. I've done the math in my head 100 times and I don't know how they computed this cost. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

This is absolute highway robbery and it really does show that the agency doesn't have a clue in getting real value of contracts. I've done the math in my head 100 times and I don't know how they computed this cost.

I give him a C-minus. It's better than we've had, but we've got a long way to go to get this federal fiscal house in order. ... I would give him a much higher grade if he had vetoed just one (spending) bill. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

I give him a C-minus. It's better than we've had, but we've got a long way to go to get this federal fiscal house in order. ... I would give him a much higher grade if he had vetoed just one (spending) bill.

We're supposed to be protecting the victims of the storms, not the people insuring them. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

We're supposed to be protecting the victims of the storms, not the people insuring them.

If you're a lobbyist, you've got the Washington version of the scarlet letter tattooed on your back right now. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

If you're a lobbyist, you've got the Washington version of the scarlet letter tattooed on your back right now.

It's disconcerting. These are supposed to be the crÃÂ¨me de la crÃÂ¨me of forces. If their procurement officers were taking kickbacks, it could be happening anywhere. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

It's disconcerting. These are supposed to be the crÃÂ¨me de la crÃÂ¨me of forces. If their procurement officers were taking kickbacks, it could be happening anywhere.

They're not really sure if they're going to get anything that actually will work in a real-time effort like Iraq. It's frustrating in that most taxpayers are going to say we need to keep our troops safe. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

They're not really sure if they're going to get anything that actually will work in a real-time effort like Iraq. It's frustrating in that most taxpayers are going to say we need to keep our troops safe.

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

Murtha walks on water. If you want anything done on the committee, you go to Murtha. Murtha is the reason why the [defense appropriations] bill gets done each year. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Murtha walks on water. If you want anything done on the committee, you go to Murtha. Murtha is the reason why the [defense appropriations] bill gets done each year.

The other reason you see Murtha get so much is because Young does not ask for very much. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

The other reason you see Murtha get so much is because Young does not ask for very much.

This bill will be known as the most earmarked transportation bill in the history of our nation. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

This bill will be known as the most earmarked transportation bill in the history of our nation.

[Defense companies are doing well, but] is this war profiteering? ... You have to look at it on a case-by-case basis. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

[Defense companies are doing well, but] is this war profiteering? ... You have to look at it on a case-by-case basis.

They've created a complicated scheme of making sure a lot of different profitable energy industries are going to make off like bandits, ... pad their bottom line, but it doesn't really create new behavior in the energy industry. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

They've created a complicated scheme of making sure a lot of different profitable energy industries are going to make off like bandits, ... pad their bottom line, but it doesn't really create new behavior in the energy industry.

There's a lot of money in this bill, but bar none we consider the documentary the most egregious provision because it has absolutely nothing to do with alleviating the traffic problems in this nation. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

There's a lot of money in this bill, but bar none we consider the documentary the most egregious provision because it has absolutely nothing to do with alleviating the traffic problems in this nation.

Money

You know how they call Vancouver 'North Hollywood'? Well, Alaska could become 'North North Hollywood,' - Keith Ashdown Quotes

You know how they call Vancouver 'North Hollywood'? Well, Alaska could become 'North North Hollywood,'

The fact is, there are not the checks and balances to make sure the money is spent well. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

The fact is, there are not the checks and balances to make sure the money is spent well.

Money

There's definitely a need to get the money on the ground fast. But I don't think any of these proposals would do that. What I see them doing is lessening the transparency. It's the opposite of the way we should be going. We need to know more so we can know if all this money is being spent in a wise and responsible manner. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

There's definitely a need to get the money on the ground fast. But I don't think any of these proposals would do that. What I see them doing is lessening the transparency. It's the opposite of the way we should be going. We need to know more so we can know if all this money is being spent in a wise and responsible manner.

Money

They're going to go with what they know. There is some type of relationship. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

They're going to go with what they know. There is some type of relationship.

We need to get out of the business of subsidizing people who are in harm's way. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

We need to get out of the business of subsidizing people who are in harm's way.

It's a real question of who's minding the store. It creates doubt in the investments we're making. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

It's a real question of who's minding the store. It creates doubt in the investments we're making.

Doubt

It looks like they're going to do what they should have done in the first place. There's been a lot of pressure on them to make sure that the economic benefit of these contracts stays in the Gulf Coast and doesn't flow to corporate boardrooms thousands of miles away. So in that respect, this is good news. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

It looks like they're going to do what they should have done in the first place. There's been a lot of pressure on them to make sure that the economic benefit of these contracts stays in the Gulf Coast and doesn't flow to corporate boardrooms thousands of miles away. So in that respect, this is good news.

getting a pass on accountability. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

getting a pass on accountability.

You can't treat the Congress like they're a bunch of buzzing flies around your head, ... They're your bosses because they represent the American taxpayers. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

You can't treat the Congress like they're a bunch of buzzing flies around your head, ... They're your bosses because they represent the American taxpayers.

I have better things to do than hunting around for where the money is hidden, ... We would rather the government be doing this, creating a one-stop shop. Is that really too much to ask? - Keith Ashdown Quotes

I have better things to do than hunting around for where the money is hidden, ... We would rather the government be doing this, creating a one-stop shop. Is that really too much to ask?

We will learn months after the money was wasted or stolen that it was wasted and stolen. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

We will learn months after the money was wasted or stolen that it was wasted and stolen.

We've known for years that there are some easy things on paper. But it's politically hard to limit the budgetary footprint of the federal government. Any item you try and cut, you're going to tick off an 800-pound gorilla that fights with a sledgehammer. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

We've known for years that there are some easy things on paper. But it's politically hard to limit the budgetary footprint of the federal government. Any item you try and cut, you're going to tick off an 800-pound gorilla that fights with a sledgehammer.

It's not a question of when, it's now. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

It's not a question of when, it's now.

The only issue will be how is Congress going to react. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

The only issue will be how is Congress going to react.

Our Iraq presence isn't going away; the only thing going away is the people watching how the money is being spent. If you don't have anyone watching it, the precedent is that the money will be wasted. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Our Iraq presence isn't going away; the only thing going away is the people watching how the money is being spent. If you don't have anyone watching it, the precedent is that the money will be wasted.

This shows the best government contractors don't always get hired, the most politically influential do. We need to strive for more competitive bidding. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

This shows the best government contractors don't always get hired, the most politically influential do. We need to strive for more competitive bidding.

Instead of the Air Force acting as an independent reviewer of this nearly $30 billion deal, they've acted as a silent business partner of Boeing. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Instead of the Air Force acting as an independent reviewer of this nearly $30 billion deal, they've acted as a silent business partner of Boeing.

With all these new programs, the administration's contention that the deficit will be cut in half in the next five years is a tall tale, derived in large part by omitting very likely or inevitable costs, including costs for proposals the administration itself hopes and intends to support. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

With all these new programs, the administration's contention that the deficit will be cut in half in the next five years is a tall tale, derived in large part by omitting very likely or inevitable costs, including costs for proposals the administration itself hopes and intends to support.

It's just become a budget gimmick on steroids. It just gives them a chance to take those costs off budget. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

It's just become a budget gimmick on steroids. It just gives them a chance to take those costs off budget.

I don't know how people wouldn't feel uncomfortable with the idea that money is being wasted there and it's not being used for the war on terror and protecting the homeland. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

I don't know how people wouldn't feel uncomfortable with the idea that money is being wasted there and it's not being used for the war on terror and protecting the homeland.

Pigs will fly before we cut this pork. I don't know how we'll make this happen. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Pigs will fly before we cut this pork. I don't know how we'll make this happen.

Lawmakers are not trying to win campaign cash. They are trying to make sure that they employ thousands of people. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Lawmakers are not trying to win campaign cash. They are trying to make sure that they employ thousands of people.

Most other lobbyists would give up their second lung to get that kind of access. It's not always illegal, but it's definitely a strategy of influence that's unparalleled. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Most other lobbyists would give up their second lung to get that kind of access. It's not always illegal, but it's definitely a strategy of influence that's unparalleled.

Write everyone a check -- it's cheaper. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

Write everyone a check -- it's cheaper.

You can't single him out. It is standard procedure. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

You can't single him out. It is standard procedure.

They're a little late to the parade, but I still think it's an important step to make sure this whole sort of embarrassing era has ended. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

They're a little late to the parade, but I still think it's an important step to make sure this whole sort of embarrassing era has ended.

We used to think that Mr. Lewis would be a champion for smart spending. But he brought us the biggest increase in defense earmarking in history. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

We used to think that Mr. Lewis would be a champion for smart spending. But he brought us the biggest increase in defense earmarking in history.

I guarantee we're going to come back to this after everything has been reviewed and find we paid Nordstrom prices when we should have been paying Wal-Mart costs. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

I guarantee we're going to come back to this after everything has been reviewed and find we paid Nordstrom prices when we should have been paying Wal-Mart costs.

It is a good reform. It creates an added deterrent to things being added (to conference reports) at the last minute. - Keith Ashdown Quotes

It is a good reform. It creates an added deterrent to things being added (to conference reports) at the last minute.

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