Bob Perciasepe: “The shutdown costs the American people on a daily basis.”

The President's fiscal year 2014 budget demonstrates that we can make critical investments to strengthen the middle class, create jobs, and grow the economy while continuing to cut the deficit in a balanced way.

I know EPA faced tough decisions when you put this budget together, but it just does not make sense why we should focus such large cuts in programs that create jobs and help meet an enormous public health need, infrastructure need…

By including this compromise proposal in the budget, the President is demonstrating his willingness to make tough choices.