As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're going to cut my budget.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act.
As I have traveled throughout my Congressional district, the one thing I heard loud and clear was simply please stop spending money you do not have, rein in spending, live within a budget.
It takes a lot of money to hire an attorney.
If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.
I'm not going to speculate about legislation that I haven't seen before.
There's no federal government agency that ought to be immune from having to explain the potential financial impact of an action they've taken or intend to take. We deserve the specifics.
Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
I'm not against the government. I'm against this ever-expanding government that doesn't know its limits. And that's how I see the role of the attorney general, as someone in an office that can protect you and defend the Constitution and defend state sovereignty and our individual liberty.
If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.
While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?