"I would suggest that if we could have a partner in coming to that balanced approach that we talked about, we would be able to tackle some of these things."
"What you see here is after the 1993 budget agreement when the top marginal rate was raised to 39.6 percent, you saw over 20 million jobs created during that period after the 2001-2003 tax cuts, so-cal..."
"Fundamentally we have got to figure out a way to come together to resolve these issues."
"That is not what the Ryan budget proposes, I would point out, although there are some people who have suggested that we need to cut faster now."
"Mr. Chairman, if I could just take 5 seconds, as part of it, I think we should remember that some the adjustments he made was to tax capital gains and dividends at the 28 percent level, the same rate ..."
"I think after your testimony in the Senate yesterday that you are already battle-tested."
"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."
"the question is not whether to reduce the deficits, the question has been how do we reduce the deficit"
"that balance is what our Republican colleagues have objected to"
"I think what we see here in the president's budget is a responsible approach"
"Ninety-eight percent of our Republican colleagues have signed a pledge saying they won't close one special interest tax loophole for the purpose of deficit reduction."
"This isn't just my opinion and that of these bipartisan groups--economists like Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have also argued against immediate spending cuts that will jeopardize our economic..."