Chris Hollen actually said...

"I hope this will be the beginning of a conversation, Mr. Chairman."

"I will put those in there. The Speaker asked for them. We will put them in there as a sign of our willingness to meet our Republican colleagues more than halfway."

"So where they would drop the top rate all the way down to 25 percent, have you seen any plausible scenario where you can do that in a deficit-neutral manner without increasing the tax burden on middle..."

"The Republican budget, as you know, says they are going to drop that top rate all the way from 39 percent to 25 percent."