"It is effective at moving people from poverty into the workforce."
"I think the data is pretty clear that the EITC is effective."
"We cannot continue to drive this debt higher and think that somehow there is a rosy picture at the end."
"What I think the President is trying to do here is to again exploit envy economics. This top down redistribution doesn't work."
"The way to build a better future is to think ahead and build it today."
"The Tax Code has to work for everybody, especially families and small businesses."
"Small businesses, they are the engine of our economy, and this Committee is not going to leave them behind."
"It is known to have a high degree of fraud."
"Big or small, it is where most of the jobs come from, and so let's--all I am saying is I don't think there is enough in this proposal to do justice to what needs to be done."
"I would just argue strongly, we have a good formula in place, we have a good precedent, it has bipartisan origins, let's try and stick with that formula."
"But when a country itself is manipulating its currency to gain an advantage over Americans, American companies and American workers, that, I think, is despicable."