"I think this is right in line with what we are trying to do with the budget reform and appropriations task force to fix this."
"I think that, you know--just for the record--that is what we have been trying to do for the last year."
"There has been an enormous change in the regulatory burden and the growth of regulatory burden in particular."
"When we--in our bill that we passed last year--froze Medicaid expansion, everybody was running around saying that we were cutting Medicaid which, frankly, that is not a cut."
"That, to me, is the gimmick of all gimmicks, Mr. Chairman."
"I grew up dirt-poor, so I paid potential and specific attention to things, how it impacts lower-income families."
"we have seen estimates as high as $1.9 trillion in terms of what overregulation is costing the economy."
"But if it is an open-ended deal where it depends on how many people signup, I do not think that is a cut."
"The use of baseline budgeting is flawed, and often construes government spending increases as a given prior to the appropriations process."
"However, it is safe to say fiscal responsibility has significantly decreased in the time since its establishment."
"That is not necessarily a cut, you know, if it is the same $100 that you spent the week before."