"It is one designed to tell Americans that these social safety nets are not necessary because people choose these safety nets over getting a job."
"What honest observer of government could disagree?"
"The people that are visiting your offices are terrified that the Republican approach to Medicaid will be adopted."
"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."
"The Republican budget cuts $810 billion from Medicaid."
"It attempts to balance the federal budget on the backs of the poor, by gutting federal spending on safety net programs."
"I would argue, as well as probably most people on our side of the aisle, that the Affordable Care Act helped address a lot of these problems."
"It ignores the advice of bipartisan commissions that say that any credible, responsible approach to reducing the deficit combines cuts."
"There is a difference between reform and just taking a hatchet to important social safety net programs."