"We need to return also to regular order. We need to pass both the budget and stand-alone appropriations legislation on time, every time."
"Because the longer we wait, the worse these options become."
"Hawaii is closer to Asia than it is to Washington, D.C."
"As Members of Congress, we should be ashamed of that. We should be demanding that that reality change."
"The average SNAP benefit is $1.40 per person per meal. You can't even buy a cup of coffee for that."
"Since the President assumed power in 2017, nutrition programs have been under constant attack."
"We bear responsibility in working to end hunger, and I will continue to advocate fiercely for our most vulnerable communities."
"I believe it is critical that we achieve a bipartisan agreement on how to replace sequester-level spending caps for both defense and non-defense appropriations for the coming fiscal year as soon as po..."
"I was disappointed to learn that the Trump Administration intends to send us a budget next week that rejects the existing bipartisan consensus enshrined in the last three BCA caps."
"I cannot use as a backdoor by exempting nearly $200 billion in additional defense spending from its BCA cap, while slashing non-defense spending well below the sequester level in the name of fiscal au..."
"The debt and deficits that we incur are not labeled defense and non-defense. Nor even are they labeled entitlements. They are just the deficit that all of our kids are going to have to pay."
"The debt limit is a phony political issue that we get wrapped around the axle."