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

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

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

These distortions are similar to Government spending.

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

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.

we support taking a balanced approach to that, meaning cuts

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.