"I just offer to the Chair, maybe we ought to think about supporting that."
"every Democratic Presidential Administration since Kennedy has left for their Republican successors a better deficit situation than they inherited, without exception, and every Republican Administrati..."
"under Republicans, they don't pay for tax cuts, and so every time there is a tax cut, it just ruins their budget."
"I hate when they say something I do takes guts. That is probably a bad signal, but I appreciate all the witnesses being here."
"under the Democrats, we pay for new spending and we pay for tax cuts. Under Republican rule, you pay for new spending, but you do not have to pay for tax cuts."
"Look, I am frustrated with our inability to deal with this in this Congress. I came to Congress to work on things like that."
"President Trump was on the way to doing that before the pandemic. President Biden is doing that already."
"Everyone, every Republican Administration since Nixon has left for the Democratic successors a worse deficit than they inherited."
"The Trump tax cut led to a disaster at the end of the Trump Administration."
"I get tired of being lectured by Republicans on the budget deficit."
"Thank you so much for your leadership on the water pollution challenges at the U.S./Mexico border in San Diego."