Kent Conrad Quotes


You think of what could be done here... Any agent of the chairman of the Appropriations Committee -- and they could designate anybody as an agent -- could go into IRS facilities anywhere in the country and get your tax returns. - Kent Conrad



You don't need some whole new unfettered access to individual tax returns of people or of companies in order to figure out how the IRS is spending its money. - Kent Conrad



You don't just stick with the same old plan when something of this consequence occurs. - Kent Conrad



You can imagine the pressure that's on him, the things that are being suggested to him. - Kent Conrad



Who would have thought that when we began this week, we would have ended in this way? - Kent Conrad



While this year's deficit will be lower than last year's record shortfall, the improvement is likely to be short-lived. Declarations of victory over budget deficits only distract from the disturbing long-term budget outlook. - Kent Conrad