"I urge the committee to continue that trend."
"Our nation's heroes should not have to wait even one day to access their benefits."
"No soldier should ever have to be concerned with having a roof over his or her head."
"We must resist the temptation to attack either of these programs as a means to solve our budget problems."
"Veterans and seniors are not the cause of our deficits, so we should not look to them to solve our current crisis."
"I do not believe that the president's budget takes us there. In fact, I believe it undercuts that investment."
"The president has decimated our Mars exploration budget, canceled our plans to return to space exploration."
"I view the president's request as a slap in the face of Fermi's legacy of scientific achievement."
"It is shameful because high energy physics and our broader scientific portfolio go beyond parochial interest in local politics."
"The president's budget sacrifices Einsteinian science at the political alter of trying to compete with the private sector."
"The whole art of government consist in the art of being honest."
"I believe that all of you on this committee agree that the American people deserve a budget system that is real, genuine, and authentic."