Chris Van Hollen

And yet for many in the House of Representatives compromise remains a dirty word.

Unfortunately the Speaker's threat to let the nation to default on its debt if Republicans cannot impose their European-style austerity plan is cementing the view in capital markets that lawmakers will fail to reach an agreement before the…

We call upon Speaker Boehner to put the President's job proposal to a vote on the floor of the House.

I thank you Mr. Chairman, I want to join the chairman in welcoming you Dr. Elmendorf...

I wasn't in office, though, at the time. So that is easy for me to say.

I wonder if you would take that same approach to tax expenditures that aren't serving their purpose.

I agree with you--first of all, I also agree with Mr. Edwards that we should get rid of some of those agriculture subsidies.

I just want to clarify. I didn't think it was.

Putting aside reform? ... I mean, that is the problem is that we have this attitude that if you start something in the mid-20th century, it is appropriate to keep doing it the same way 50 years later.

I am assuming from your testimony you don't think that that is an inappropriate government interference in the marketplace?

I think many of us believe that the decision to help rescue the financial industry was a bitter pill but a necessary one.

I don't believe that that is appropriate.

They continue to refer to the auto rescue, not as an example of an important government intervention that helped millions of jobs, but as an example of crony capitalism.

I do believe that there is a lot of agreement. But let me just start with what sort of got me going here.

The heartbreaking unemployment hurting America's families stems from a philosophy that Wall Street banks should be allowed to operate free from regulation.

One especially clear embodiment of the misplaced priorities of House Republicans is their hostility to clean energy.

Ninety-eight percent of the Republican Members of the Congress have pledged to oppose any increase of tax rates.

The priorities reflected in the House budget are wrong.

This is the most anti-environment House in the history of this country.

If programs don't work, defund them and allow for others to come in their place or not exist at all.

For eight years, President Bush pursued a failed ideology of trickle-down economics based on a theory that tax cuts for the very wealthy and an 'anything goes' license on Wall Street would boost our economy and lift all boats.

We believe that America's greatness is not only from a collection of individuals acting alone for private profit, but also from our capacity to work together as Americans for the common good.

If there is a government program that is not achieving its intended purpose, let's amend it or get rid of it.

I am a little surprised that you decided to be here today to criticize the efforts made over the last 3 years to lift the economy out of the mess that President Obama inherited.

We believe that America's greatness has resulted not only from a collection of individuals acting alone for private profit but also from our capacity to work together as Americans for the common good.