"How can you have testimony that doesn't even address the revenue side?"
"The cumulative corrosive impacts of sustained deficits in the face of a full appointment economy, would unbalance, make the extension of the tax cuts a, quote, `modestly negative policy choice'?"
"the President has laid out a proposal that is tough but responsible"
"that proposal will put more Americans out of work when too many families are still struggling"
"the bipartisan commission on deficit reduction recommended against taking deep and immediate cuts"
"the one good-faith effort on the Republican side that has been scored to date doesn't get close to that in 2020 and doesn't do it until after 2040."
"President Obama has laid out a budget proposal that is tough but responsible."
"The President's balanced and responsible approach stands in stark contrast to the Republican majority's reckless plan for this year."
"House Republicans have also taken a reckless approach to the debate on the debt ceiling."
"a failure of the United States to meet its debt obligations and to make sure that we protect the full faith and credit of the United States would be, quote, ``catastrophic.''"
"I hope that we won't play politics with the full faith and credit of the United States."
"Thank you, Chairman Ryan, welcome Director Lew. I want to commend the President for putting forth a budget that reduces our deficit while also investing in our future."