Steven Daines actually said...

"The growth in entitlement spending is the primary driver of this unsustainable spending and our escalating debt crisis."

"We must enact cost-saving reforms to these programs to preserve them for future generations without weakening the critical services."

"Our Federal budget has been balanced just five times in the past 50 years. This practice has resulted in our present $16 trillion-plus debt and it is simply unsustainable."

"I recently introduced the Balanced Budget Accountability Act which would terminate member pay after April 15th if our respective chamber does not pass a budget."