Pat Ryan

Our proposal is that primary care visits in Medicare Advantage and in Medicare should be free.

the sequester is going to happen.

The CBO says our economy will grow by only 1.4 percent this year.

patently unfair and mainly used by a relatively small group of mostly higher-income individuals.

These distortions are similar to Government spending.

This report is a warning of what's to come--if we don't get spending under control.

We can't let that happen.

We need to get serious on spending. And unfortunately, the President has yet to produce a budget.

You say in your own report here, publicly held debt has doubled from 36 percent of GDP at the close of 2007, to 73 percent on 2012, on page 3, 77 percent by 2023.

Closing loopholes, which is what we proposed for years, is a necessary pay-for to get tax rates down, to have a globally competitive Tax Code, to help businesses, to create jobs, to get people back to work.

if we fritter this time away, if we don't deal with the core problem, which is spending no matter what you try to do on revenues, then we will have lost this opportunity we have to get our fiscal house in order while we have low interest…

I prefer that the little guy have a shot at prosperity and not wait for the big guys to drive this economy, because they certainly flopped on their face in 2007 and 2008, when capital was not invested in this country.

our number one priority has to be expanding economic growth; making sure we promote job creation; making sure we strengthen the middle class

we support taking a balanced approach to that, meaning cuts

I really worry that part of our government here, two-thirds of it, you know, the Senate and the White House, and our friends over on the other side of the aisle, are deluding themselves into thinking this is taken care of.

We can't tax our way out of this problem. We need to get serious about spending.

We need to get serious on spending.

Publicly held debt will hit 76 percent of GDP at the end of this year.

The best way is to get people back to work, in good jobs, with good wages, paying taxes, and getting spending under control.

if we were to replace the sequester in a balanced way, you would add 0.6 percent to growth

we believe that in order to do it the right way and meet our commitments to our citizens, and preserve economic growth, and strengthen the middle class, we've got to make sure to deal with that in a balanced way

the Tax Code is patently unfair.

Hard choices will have to be made on how to reduce Federal spending, but ending overpayments to New York's State-operated developmental centers should not be a hard choice at all.

When Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan unveiled his budget for fiscal year 2012, it called for repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, turning Medicaid into a block grant.

My praise for Ketanji's intellect, for her character, for her integrity, it is unequivocal.