Marsha Blackburn Allow Quotations

Across the board spending reductions would create significant savings while allowing agencies to determine what they can most afford to cut, ... This approach will cut through the partisan wrangling over specific projects. We shouldn't allow the push for spending reductions to get bogged down in debate. I believe this approach is one we should all be able to support. In Tennessee I proposed similar cuts in spending and we've seen those reductions work.

If a president can enforce a part of a law and delay a part of a law, then does he have a power to not enforce any law he so chooses? If he can allow illegal aliens to freely run across our border, can he force legal citizens out of the country? Where would be the end of his power?

We do thank our men and women in uniform. And I thank them. I thank this House today that approved a bill that will allow for a pay raise for our military. We are grateful for that and for the actions of this body.

To get our economy back on track and keep it functioning properly without the problems of our financial institutions, we need reasonable regulations that will protect Main Street while at the same time allow Wall Street to do what it does best - make money for American investors.

We should be careful and deliberate in how we allow public entry into our vibrant communications marketplace... This is an issue that should be left to our states.

I fear that light touch regulations that have allowed the Internet to prosper will now be replaced by a heavy hand that stifles innovation and does not adapt well to change. The Internet is not broken.