"This is not a Republican-Democrat thing; this is a math thing."
"We are really hurting ourselves with these high tax rates."
"If the minority would have been willing to agree to limiting their motions to instruct conferees to two, we could have gone to conference."
"Let me start on the big picture here. We haven't solved the problem."
"The whole narrative in Washington, D.C. is every single dollar the government spends is bad."
"I remember running for Congress in 2002, and the number one issue for businesses and families was health care."
"Congress should work to repeal and replace the current debt limit with a more effective limit."
"The debt limit provides a good opportunity to address this crisis."
"I think there should be an honest national debate on federal spending priorities and an agreement with the President on constructive spending restraint."
"We welcome that opportunity, as well as the HCTC extension for the next year."
"To sit in a meeting with these folks, who didn't do anything wrong, paid money in, had a pension, were ready to go, worked hard their whole lives..."