You're going to flush a little more into the treasury, and then economic growth is going to go down a little bit each year.

the figures are bleak.

we end up with something like a Chapter 11 in the real world, which means sooner or later you've got to get our spending in line with our revenue.

I would ask that the healthcare industry embraces things like competition, transparency, engages every American in their own wellbeing.

Thank you for having the discussion on budget here today.

We need to start doing a few things that most Americans believe should be done, don't spend more than you take in.

healthcare is the place that we can within our own means, take a broken industry and system, that has no consumer involvement within it.

we've got to spend less than we take in.

if we don't want to keep borrowing from our kids and grandkids, that we've got to choose and prioritize what we're spending.

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when it comes to our national budget, spending is just half of the equation. There is also revenue.

We have to deal with this issue, so I appreciate it.

I think that is really important. When I talk to people back in Washington State, the grocery store were all seeing the same thing.

Yet we continue to hear from our Republican friends that we should target IRS funding as part of the increasing deficit.

Providers are really struggling to keep their doors open. Workers are struggling to make ends meet on poverty wages.

Corporate greed is actually adding fuel to this fire, making it harder for childcare providers to stay in business.

It's certainly works in the private sector to do a meaningful budget, and then use that as a blueprint.

The administration added $2.1 trillion with the American Rescue Plan, another $800 billion with the Inflation Simulation Act.