Bill Keating

The federal government just needs to fund those mandates, so that every child in every school district can get the best possible education.

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…

Cuts in funding for state and local preparedness grant programs... will have long-lasting repercussions on our nation's ability to prevent, mitigate, and respond to terrorist attacks and major disasters.

The fact that we must fight to provide family planning services and education to women and girls in this country is a stain on this great nation's reputation.

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.

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

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

These cuts represent losses to overall manpower.

That practice must end.

Passage of a budget is extremely important to provide a framework for controlled federal spending.

I consider that statement to be a failure of leadership.

This is a basic requirement of government, and until that threshold is met, no money should be spent.

I believe that all of you on this committee agree that the American people deserve a budget system that is real, genuine, and authentic.

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

The president's budget sacrifices Einsteinian science at the political alter of trying to compete with the private sector.

It is shameful because high energy physics and our broader scientific portfolio go beyond parochial interest in local politics.

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

The president has decimated our Mars exploration budget, canceled our plans to return to space exploration.

I do not believe that the president's budget takes us there. In fact, I believe it undercuts that investment.

We must resist the temptation to attack either of these programs as a means to solve our budget problems.

No soldier should ever have to be concerned with having a roof over his or her head.

Our nation's heroes should not have to wait even one day to access their benefits.

I urge the committee to continue that trend.

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