Pat Ryan

I am concerned about the trespass on our job by the executive branch by way of regulation.

It actually makes it more complicated for the Budget Committee because we police the sequester tool.

We can save $80 billion if we do a better job of oversight.

we have always had the kind of collegial relationship of which you are discussing.

Sometimes you have to spend money to save money.

We require open government every day, no matter who is in the chair.

We have to make sure that we have the resources that allow us to do that oversight.

Congress, both the House and the Senate, must do a great deal more if we are going to contain government.

I think we are providing that leadership, but I do think you make a point.

We are sort of the ones that implement and police the sequester as we now know it.

If you want to be honest with the fiscal problem and the debt, it really is a health care problem.

the question before us is whether or not the American people were almost duped into thinking that this was $70 billion of revenue

why did the administration insist that this was fiscally responsible?

I would urge the Congress to focus on developing the consensus, passing legislation to reduce the deficit.

This actually is a very sexy and exciting hearing. That is how sick and twisted I am.

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

only principled compromise can help move us forward for the good of the country

the only thing that stands between divided government that works for the country and dysfunctional government is the willingness to compromise.

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.

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

There is a lot we can do to fix our broken budget process, but process reform alone cannot work unless members of Congress have the will to make it work.

Thank you very much. Thank you for your indulgence and your time. This is something we have to wade into, because I think all of us agree the system is not working to the extent that it needs to.

Reform or no reform, it will take political courage and leadership to get our fiscal house in order.

We are out of time, but the same debate occurs on the tax side of the ledger, which is do we get reality based scoring based on dynamic changes in personal behavior because of changes in the law?