We have to abandon our nostalgia for the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Spending cuts alone are not going to put Americans back to work or put our budget back in balance.
They want to know if we can make a real dent in the deficit so their children are able to compete and succeed.
This is infuriating for average taxpayers who are dutifully paying their taxes.
It is going to take honesty from every member of this committee, honesty with one another and honesty with the American people.
The American people are looking at this committee with great optimism but also with real skepticism.
We have heard over and over and over again about the need to review and reduce redundant, wasteful, inefficient government spending.
We must balance the budget with a balanced approach that includes job creation, revenue increases, and smart spending cuts.
I think most people do agree that such high tax rates make the United States a less attractive place in which to do business.
I am willing to make tough compromises. I have said that if the distance between an opponent and me is five steps, I am willing to take thre...
I share with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle the concern that large, immediate, across-the-board cuts to the defense budget may...
I hope the witnesses here today and at future hearings can help us think through our national security strategy and potential changes.
But, I do believe that we can rationally evaluate our national security strategy, our defense expenditures, and the current set of missions ...
Let me tell you, everywhere in the budget, every little piece of it, the people who advocate for that piece of it have an outstanding argume...
the primary role of those forces is not anymore defending the Germans or Italians; it is simply a way that we can be forward-deployed in the...
After World War I, our Armed Forces shrank from 2.9 million men to 250,000 in 1928.
So if you don't deal with those other issues, as I have said repeatedly, you wind up being the person last in line at a buffet where the foo...
I think it is very important that we do that, that we make it clear the impact that these cuts will have on our ability to protect this Nati...
