We have got to stop the hemorrhaging of people losing their homes, and I would just underscore that point.

I think it is an honest budget.

The economic engine of America in creating new jobs is small business.

We need to get to universal coverage for many reasons.

We need their help, and they really do believe government aid is primarily directed at large corporations.

I urge you to have transparency as this is developed, because there are some good ideas out there.

I am concerned that we may not have enough direction from you now as to what is necessary.

I think some of us question whether there is enough room in the budget outline you have proposed.

I believe if you use current values for President Clinton's health care proposal, it would probably add up to about $1.1 trillion.

I do want to start off by congratulating the Obama administration for presenting an honest budget.

There is nothing that upsets me more than a bank that comes to the Congress begging for money, and then once they get the money, turn around and say, na, na, na, see you later. I'm not going to tell you anything.

When I think about banks and the way that -- if you bounce a check, they're going to charge you $35 or $50 for a bounced check. And they're going to demand strict accountability. But when they get billions, they don't want to be…

Elijah Cummings predicts that, pretty soon, Congress is going to have to figure out where it went, because there's another $350 billion in the pipeline.

Elijah Cummings predicts that pretty soon Congress is going to have to figure out where it went because there's another $350 billion in the pipeline.

When I think about banks and the way that, if you -- if you bounce a check, they're going to charge you $35 or $50 for a bounced check. And they're going to demand strict accountability. But, when they get billions, they don't want to be…

They point is that these people are fortunate to have a job.

Well, of course, they're getting access, just as a citizen gets access when they go to a town meeting and spend some time there or when they volunteer in a campaign.

They hear about the bailouts of Wall Street. They hear that their tax dollars are being paid to AIG and these people going on these junkets and all that. They hear all of that. But they feel like it's ring around the rosy. They hear a lot…