"Investments in children's health care and preschool and college attainment pay for themselves over the long run."
"Deficit-financed tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations are clearly an irresponsible use of deficits."
"If I have learned anything with you over these 11 months now, it is that we should stop passing bills that are only supported by one party or the other."
"I want to find what those things are we agree on, because the three of us had an opportunity to serve on a bipartisan, bicameral budget process reform committee last cycle."
"I promise you we were supposed to debate ambitious, incredible infrastructure development plans this year, and we haven't."
"What can you do about that, and what can this Budget Committee do about it?"
"I didn't have much economics education on my way through school, so I am using my chairmanship to become educated."
"When Mr. Smith talks about his residents, yes, if you get a $100 tax cut and you are making $40,000 a year, or something less than that, that is a significant amount."
"So when we are talking about cutting federal spending, we are cutting GDP at the same time."
"Humana is based in my district. Humana is about a--right now, about a $60 billion-a-year company."
"the President's repeated attacks on this critical institution are unacceptable and dangerous."
"Several times in the discussion today, you have mentioned that our debt is growing faster than the economy and that that by definition makes it unsustainable."