the President embraced a fact that has stood the test of time: that shared sacrifice breeds shared prosperity.

I view the president's request as a slap in the face of Fermi's legacy of scientific achievement.

Veterans and seniors are not the cause of our deficits, so we should not look to them to solve our current crisis.

The whole art of government consist in the art of being honest.

I re-introduced legislation, H.J.Res. 2, to deliver to Congress the necessary pressure to rein in spending.

I do not believe that this budget lives up to that promise.

the choices that a family, a business, or a government makes when crafting a budget, says everything about where their priorities lie.

I am asking Congress now to address the needs of our cities and our local units of government to provide more funding for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical providers, and other first responders that we need to make sure our…

I urge the Budget Committee to be weary of short-sighted proposals that would eliminate job-creating programs and compromise our safety for the sake of immediate savings.

I am here to communicate their views to the committee.

we cannot follow a budget formula that leaves seniors and veterans to fend for themselves.

I consider that statement to be a failure of leadership.