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It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

The reform of government needs to continue.

If at the end of May we don't, we'll reform, regroup, decide how we're going to go about it, but if the task force can't come up with the bill, I'm going to push mine, and go ahead and make the changes in it that we've been working on now for a year or two and just go for it.

Charlie Norwood

Every one says: 'Listen, I'd love to reinvest. I'd love to hire people. But I have no idea what this healthcare bill is going to do to my bottom line. I have no idea what this financial reform bill is going to do... I'm not going to step out a limb and do any of those until I know what this government is going to do to me.'

I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.

John Negroponte

There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.

Grace Napolitano

I would go to them and I would explain this is the price of going forward. We're going to move ahead in all these other areas. We're moving ahead in tax reform and GST, we are moving ahead on trade, but this will not be done at the cost of the environment.

I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.

Ferdinand Mount

Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

John Stuart Mill

Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues.