"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."
"We can't let that happen."
"We need to get serious on spending. And unfortunately, the President has yet to produce a budget."
"This report is a warning of what's to come--if we don't get spending under control."
"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."
"patently unfair and mainly used by a relatively small group of mostly higher-income individuals."
"These distortions are similar to Government spending."
"the Tax Code is patently unfair."
"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."
"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."
"I appreciate the opportunity to share my favorable recommendation for Ketanji Brown Jackson. I know she is clearly qualified."