--U.S. Senator John Cornyn
“As each minute each day and each week passes by we come closer and closer to what is known as an omnibus appropriations bill. For those outside the Washington bubble let me just say that the word ‘omnibus’ is sometimes translated as ‘grab your wallet’ because it tends to be loaded down with a lot of excess spending and undocumented pork. The current spending proposals by the new majority – an extra $205 billion on top of the President’s budget request over the next five years – will force American taxpayers to send even more of their hard-earned pay to the federal government.”
