Saxby Chambliss: “The gentleman makes a very good point, that everybody who comes to talk to us about their program has a good program.…”

“The gentleman makes a very good point, that everybody who comes to talk to us about their program has a good program. There are a lot of good programs up here. But those same people will also tell you that we understand you got to balance the budget, and we want you to treat us fairly. That is the message that we were given on November 8, the message being that look, we know there are good programs out there. We know you have got to continue spending in some of those programs. But we know also that unless wholesale cuts are made, and those cuts go to reduce the deficit, we are never going to balance the budget in this country, and we are never going to get rid of that $4.5 trillion. What we have been assigned to do by the people of this country is to not single out any segment of the country or industry or any segment of people. We have got to be equal in our cuts, we have got to treat everybody fairly, and, most importantly, the cuts that we make have got to go toward reduction of the deficit and not toward funding other social programs out there.”