I think sometimes in partisan politics people tend to question the motives of their opponents, and I think that is a mistake.

You deserve the truth, as do the American public, and it is the OMB Director's responsibility to tell you--and the President--the truth, even when that might be hard to hear.

I will tell you my reservation, but the one thing I will be looking out for at OMB is to make sure that when the government does partner with private industry, that we do in a way that is entirely transparent so as to avoid any appearance…

We have to do something.

This President will not tolerate the type of abuse that you just referenced, and you have my absolute commitment to do just as you request.

I have learned that I do not have a monopoly on good ideas. Facts--and the cogent arguments of others--matter. I will be loyal to the facts and to the American people . . . I serve.

Any individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt should be ineligible to be appointed or to continue serving as an employee of the Federal Government.

A full repeal of the ACA with no replacement will cause many people to lose health insurance.

I do not dispute there was a short-term cost. I do not know if I agree with the exact billion dollar figure.

Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

I vehemently urge House Republican leadership to use every available tool to strip Planned Parenthood of any and all taxpayer funds and take measures to prevent the group from receiving taxpayer dollars in the future.

We have to end Medicare as we know it.

We have mismanaged our own finances to the point where we are now no longer capable of taking care of our own.

I recognize the fact there is some science that would indicate that. I am not yet convinced that it is a direct correlation between manmade activity and the change in the climate, which I do believe is real.

There is no capital budget. There is no budget versus actual. There is no this year versus last year.

The truth is that if we do not reform these programs that are so important to your constituents in Vermont and to mine in South Carolina, I believe in 9 or 10 years the Medicaid trust fund is empty.

Is that really the message that this new administration wants to send to women?

The crowding out is real. The numbers I have seen in the academic research would indicate that, give or take, when debt approaches 85 percent of GDP, you start to see real effects of crowding out.