Pat Ryan actually said...

"Congress created a budget process that was intended to prevent this kind of ad-hoc policy making."

"It has been 874 days since the Senate even bothered to try to pass a budget."

"Americans deserve a real debate about our fiscal future and the budget process is an appropriate form for that debate."

"There's a lot we can do to fix our broken budget process, but process reform can't work unless members of Congress have the will to make it work."