Our Republican colleagues continue to resist the balanced approach to deficit reduction that has been recommended by eve...
It is very clear that it is deficit reduction.
You leave defense exposed for the remaining 9 years.
I think we all agree that that meat-axe, indiscriminate approach is the wrong way to go.
That, Mr. Chairman, I think is a twisted result.
Apparently, our Republican colleagues decided to put the taxpayer at risk instead.
What we are seeing out of this process is a totally unbalanced approach.
Why would you enter into an agreement where our Republican colleagues can come back and say well, hey, we can spend $1 b...
A majority in this body, Mr. Chairman, on the Budget Control Act, voted to make sure that the programs like food and nut...
The President has put forward a plan to get rid of that over 10 years and replace it with a balanced approach.
The reality is that they put up something that didn't contain any of the backup that the President provided.
Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues decided it was more important to protect some of those special interest tax loo...
Now, that is not a balanced approach. Not one penny from big agribusiness, not one penny from ag subsidies.
I don't see how you can't also take the position that 50 percent of that spending has to come from defense.
It is very important. We appreciate your leadership.
An outright ban would be very shortsighted and may endanger public health.
Senator Lautenberg has worked very hard on the, dealing with the concerns of the wildlife disease emergencies.
We have had a great track record on all of these programs.
