"The problem with the Federal budget is health care costs--Medicare, Medicaid, pensions, health care costs across the board."
"What is the appropriate role for Government in these areas? And I just do not see that, again, paying for everybody's retirement is an appropriate goal."
"there is no way to run this Government without reforms to the entitlement programs."
"It is as if after Pearl Harbor we invaded Brazil. It is the wrong target."
"We need entitlement reform, we need some revenues, we need cuts."
"I just--I think if you buy something in bulk, you can usually get a better deal."
"This whole situation as a newcomer is extraordinary."
"I have not yet heard anybody say a good word about the sequester in this building for the past 6 months."
"Early childhood education is probably one of the best investments we could make."
"The problem with the debts and the deficits is not Head Start. It is not Pell grants. It is not the national parks. It is health care, period."
"Attacking Head Start when the real problem is health care is like invading Brazil after Pearl Harbor."