Mike Simpson actually said...

"They talk a lot about it, but their budgets do not reflect that, and I also hear a lot of talk about Simpson-Bowles, which I support, but you know what? This administration walked away from it."

"What the American people want to know is how much deficit are we going to add to our current deficit if we were to pass this blueprint this year, which I understand is $1.3 trillion."

"We have had economists and other experts come and tell us that we have a structural deficit problem that is unsustainable."

"We all know that we have got to restrain discretionary spending. We all know that we have got to get entitlements under control."