Jim Nussle: “Mr. Speaker, budgeting is about choices, and it is about putting together a plan. We did so together with the President…”

“Mr. Speaker, budgeting is about choices, and it is about putting together a plan. We did so together with the President this last year. All of the items that we find on the PAYGO scorecard fit within that plan. All of the items as a result need to be taken care of as a result of that plan. This is our proposal to do so to avoid automatic sequestration by OMB. There have been those that say they want to sit down and they want to talk about the future budget, and that is fine. But you need a ticket to the dance and your ticket to the dance is to come up with a plan. Now, the Blue Dogs say they came up with a plan. Well, it is kind of interesting, the Blue Dogs, so-called Blue Dog plan was basically the Republican budget with a trigger. All right. That is kind of interesting. They did not really come up with any other ideas, except for the Republican budget with a trigger. Okay. It did not get any votes, and it did not get the majority of the votes, and, as a result, it really does not qualify much as a plan because it was our plan.”