Gary Palmer actually said...

"I think that is, again, part of the work that we have got to do in the Budget Committee in regard to making sure that the able-bodied are in the workforce."

"I want to get away from the partisan jabs and get to issues that I think all of us ought to take very seriously."

"my point, Mr. Chairman, is that since you are now the Chairman of the Budget Committee, we have some serious work to do if we want to get our fiscal house in order."

"Would you suggest that this Committee might ought to be taking a very serious look at how we scale that back instead of talking about what we did last year or year before last?"