Our Republican colleagues continue to take the position that we are not going to take one penny of revenue for the purpo...
Our Republican colleagues continue to resist the balanced approach to deficit reduction that has been recommended by eve...
That, Mr. Chairman, I think is a twisted result.
Apparently, our Republican colleagues decided to put the taxpayer at risk instead.
It is very clear that it is deficit reduction.
Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues decided it was more important to protect some of those special interest tax loo...
The reality is that they put up something that didn't contain any of the backup that the President provided.
I think we all agree that that meat-axe, indiscriminate approach is the wrong way to go.
I don't see how you can't also take the position that 50 percent of that spending has to come from defense.
What we are seeing out of this process is a totally unbalanced approach.
The President has put forward a plan to get rid of that over 10 years and replace it with a balanced approach.
Why would you enter into an agreement where our Republican colleagues can come back and say well, hey, we can spend $1 b...
Now, that is not a balanced approach. Not one penny from big agribusiness, not one penny from ag subsidies.
I hope we are not going to be driven to a government shutdown by our Republican colleagues.
It is one designed to tell Americans that these social safety nets are not necessary because people choose these safety ...
What honest observer of government could disagree?
You cannot learn if you live in a violent, abusive neighborhood.
they have a plan for replacing the sequester.
