"I think that maybe makes the case for not having work requirements because what it indicates to me is that people basically do want to work, and if they can, they will."
"I described the President's first budget as a betrayal, harsh words for a harsh budget that abandoned working Americans and families."
"This third budget proposal offers more of the same. It is a recipe for American decline."
"You cannot cut Medicare by a half a trillion dollars without knowing it will hurt our nation's seniors."
"You cannot cut Medicaid by a similar amount without knowing it will result in families losing health care coverage."
"You cannot cut student loans by more than $200 billion without knowing it will make it harder, if not impossible, for young people to go to college."
"You cannot cut nutrition assistance by more than $220 billion without knowing it will leave families without food to put on the table."
"You cannot gut the EPA by more than 30 percent without knowing it will make our air less safe and our water less clean."
"These cuts in the Trump budget are not a tightening of the belt or a trimming of the fat or even a serious attempt at reining in spending. They are extreme to a level that is malicious, a level that i..."
"None of it adds up or makes sense, which explains some of the more creative aspects of the President's budget."
"It does not work that way. This is a gimmick, and it deserves the swift bipartisan dismissal with which it has been met."
"I do not see how cutting the Transportation budget by 20 percent, reducing by a third the amount of resources that you want to provide is going to get people out of the gridlock that we have all over ..."