I would like to make sure the sequester doesn't happen this year.
I fear furloughs, layoffs, and services not delivered to the American people.
The time for partial and temporary solutions is long past.
We must solve this problem.
The President, in his State of the Union Address, I thought, laid out several new policies that would expand the role of the Federal Governm...
In the interest of reestablishing regular order... would all of you consider transmitting budget amendments for fiscal year 2013?
I think it is obvious that we need to return to regular order in the appropriations process.
I believe the American public deserves a transparent and accountable budget process that restores fiscal order.
It seems to me that the President ought to be leading, as Dr. Meltzer said, and helping us to reach an accord on some of these issues where ...
It appears that the White House has been using numbers of high-cost States.
I do believe it has got to be done on a bipartisan basis.
I simply ask, not as a Democrat or Republican, but as a former business investor, would you ever invest in a business that spent less than 5...
I think the economic argument that defense is the source of our fiscal problems is really wrong.
2014 is going to be a particularly problematic time because the cuts come so fast that there is no real way to phase them in.
I do not believe this sequester is going to be fixed with new taxes.
I personally believe that the $520 billion would be a really difficult swing, but I think it should be developed by strategy.
the greatest threat to our national security is our debt
It is time to adopt a balanced approach, as my colleagues say, to deficit reduction.
