"Unfortunately our Republican colleagues continue to oppose the balanced approach."
"98 percent of our Republican colleagues in the House have signed a pledge that says they will not close a single corporate tax loophole for the purpose of deficit reduction."
"In an era of divided government, we need to be able to make the difficult compromises necessary to get the job done."
"the Speaker's latest version of the mother of all sequesters, his threat that the United States would not meet its financial obligations."
"that would devastate the economy. And even talking about the United States for the first time in its history not meeting its obligations is a reckless approach to economic policy and jobs."
"We all agree that we have a budget challenge, and a deficit and debt challenge--especially over the long term."
"There is no substitute for making the tough policy decisions to reduce the deficit in a balanced, credible way."
"Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues continue to oppose that balanced approach."
"the math."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me, again, thank all the witnesses for their testimony."
"I dare say that you would be hard pressed to get the individuals--all of the individuals who put their names on this to endorse these three bills."
"Those numbers change every year. They change every year, we have seen them change just in the last year."