Unfortunately our Republican colleagues continue to oppose the balanced approach.
98 percent of our Republican colleagues in the House have signed a pledge that says they will not close a single corpora...
the Speaker's latest version of the mother of all sequesters, his threat that the United States would not meet its finan...
We all agree that we have a budget challenge, and a deficit and debt challenge--especially over the long term.
Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues continue to oppose that balanced approach.
Well, I think the record will speak for itself.
That is a misstatement.
But it is a totally accurate statement, you just confirmed it.
I just want to put in the record the so-called taxpayer pledge from Grover Norquist...
There is also a revenue component. Apparently our Republican colleagues do not recognize that component, at least not as...
I am just saying that, as I understand, you agree that it was an effective enhancement to the budget process in the past...
I would just say... it would be useful, I think, to ask every individual who is on this bipartisan group whether they ag...
Just to go back to the overall point that the chairman raised where there is consensus is that we need to reduce our def...
Putting process bills forward in the absence of an agreement on the underlying policy issues is putting the cart before ...
Stopping us from making it worse is a good thing. I mean, it doesn't solve the problem, but it is a good thing.
Mr. Chairman, if I might, since the gentleman referred to a comment I had made. I would like to put in a record a transc...
What we are seeing in Europe is an austerity-only approach taken by some countries that has led to double dip recessions...
Those numbers change every year. They change every year, we have seen them change just in the last year.
