"I've criticized both Presidents for not doing enough to control spending and deficit."
"I don't put much stock in a study of Biden's fiscal records that leaves out hundreds of billions of dollars of unlawful student loan giveaways."
"any great power that spends more on debt service than on defense, will not stay great for a long time, a very long time."
"Congress should regularly examine tax incentives, just as we should review spending programs to ensure that they're working as intended."
"My democrat colleagues talk a big game about making Wall Street pay their fair share."
"However, at the Budget Committee hearing last year, the majority witness, Bruce Bartlett, let slip the truth by saying this. Quote: 'I think we should raise taxes on the wealthy, but we're going to ha..."
"Since the 2020 campaign, President Biden has pledged not to raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400,000."
"Isn't it true that many of the tax proposals that we've heard about today haven't been enacted because of the Democrats' own failure to enact when they had that opportunity?"
"Proponents of a financial transaction tax argue it would promote market stability. Has that been the experience of countries who have implemented such a tax?"
"Okay. Won't the policies Democrats chose to enact as part of their misnamed Inflation Reduction Act overwhelmingly benefit large corporations, as well as banks and even private equity firms?"
"It's just ridiculous to think you can raise marginal tax rates to 93 percent and you're going to get people stupid enough to pay 93 percent of their income in taxes, so they're working for nothing."
"The majority refuses to write a budget, or work together to curb reckless Washington spending."