Well, over the next decade, the deficit will double from $13 trillion to $26 trillion.

This is another huge gimmick in the budget.

We do not have time to put off decisionmaking, and it is well that we are moving forward, and I support your strong leadership.

This Congress has a high priority to have fiscal sanity in this Congress in spending and we have to work at it and it is not going to be easy.

I just think this whole bailout mentality has far more ramifications than a lot of us think.

I have been critical of the President's State of the Union address in which he spent very little time in an honest, direct, open way discussing with the American people why business as usual cannot continue.

I am going to oppose the high-speed rail idea. We do not have the money.

I think the American people are deeply concerned about where we are heading economically.

I criticize the Debt Commission and their work on one point.

We have some priorities and views and one of them is to get the country's fiscal house in order before we go bankrupt and have a debt crisis.

These are not acceptable increases, I do not believe, and I do not think they are going to be approved.

It would be good progress.

I think we are in a bubble in Washington.

I do not think it is a matter of opinion. I believe, Mr. Lew, it is flatly in error, and it cannot continue.

I hope I would have been willing to support the Commission's recommendations. It is about as good as anything we have seen.

You are a great Chairman, and I thank you.

We cannot continue business as usual.

We are not here fighting over spending and other issues and sacrifices... our economy is in danger.

We have to abandon this idea that somebody's projection increases are the fact and that a reduction of increase is a cut in spending.

You think, well, we can...just ask the Congress to spend money, and then when they get to a certain point, we can tell Congress to stop.

I think that is a psychological, political question for us to ask.

Financial crises provide the opportunity for improvement of efficiency and productivity.

My firm belief is right now there is an opportunity to go further than Wall Street thinks is possible in reducing spending and put us on a sound path.

I was disappointed deeply that the stimulus package... only had about 3 percent of the budget for roads and bridges.

This is a very difficult issue. I have been with my staff since I have been Ranking Member and I still do not have a handle on it.