Mike Simpson actually said...

"What matters is where we are today, and where we are going to be in the future. And what the American people are saying is, get your fiscal house in order."

"We have to live within our means."

"This is not tough-love. This is continuing the path we are currently on with no future balanced budget ever, in this proposal, and the American people are rejecting it, frankly."

"You also have to look at the entitlement programs which this budget totally left out, in terms of reform of the entitlement programs."