Chris Van Hollen actually said...

Closing the door on that slush fund, I believe, will achieve real savings as we move into the out years.

the question is not whether to reduce the deficits, the question has been how do we reduce the deficit

this is a responsible budget that begins to turn the corner in terms of the deficits and is very important in terms of job creation.

We must use all the tools at our disposal to help put people back to work.