Christopher Shays: “I was thinking when the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kasich) went through this list, preserving and protecting the Social…”

“I was thinking when the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kasich) went through this list, preserving and protecting the Social Security, and preserving and strengthening Medicare with prescription drugs, and retiring the public debt by the year 2013, and promoting tax fairness for families, farmers and seniors, and restoring America's defenses, and strengthening support for education, science and health care, I was thinking we could not do that if it were not for the fact that we put forward a balanced budget agreement.”