"They said no. They didn't want to participate in the process."
"Instead of collaborating on bipartisan, middle class-focused tax reform, congressional Republicans chose to enact massive tax cuts for the wealthy and large corporations."
"I invite Republicans back to their roots and hopefully we will have that discussion."
"I think we could afford some additional taxes, 28 may or may not be the right number."
"I hope the President has learned that no one wins when he shuts the government down."
"These non-defense discretionary expenditures represent about half of all discretionary spending."
"The President's unprecedented five-week shutdown had one useful side effect: his shutdown reminded all of us that non-discretionary investments are security investments."
"As Chairman Yarmuth said, the effective cut is at least 65 billion, or 11 percent, because of the need to provide extra funding for the decennial census and the VA Choice program in 2020."
"I want to just establish for the record, because Mr. Smith and Ms. Jayapal had a difference of opinion as to what CBO has said about the impact of the tax cuts."
"Unfortunately, last year's Republican budget fell squarely in the bad for the American people category."
"It paved the way for a partisan tax law that overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy and big corporations at the expense of hard-working American families."
"But what we need from this Committee, what the American people need from us is an honest debate about the fiscal challenges facing our Nation."