Chris Hollen actually said...

"While today's hearing is titled 'Strengthening the Safety Net,' it is mostly an effort to sugarcoat a Republican budget that shreds the social safety net while providing gold-plated tax breaks to the ..."

"This week presents a very clear contrast in the priorities between Republicans and the Democrats in Congress."

"If our goal simply is to take a hatchet to part of the budget in order to meet certain targets while refusing to take a balanced approach, we cannot join in that effort."

"the Republican budget refuses to eliminate one single tax break for the purpose of deficit reduction."