"CBO projects economic growth will remain sluggish and the unemployment rate to hover near 9 percent through 2014."
"Trillions more dollars will be added to the debt in the years ahead."
"The CBO's outlook could not be more ominous."
"It actually makes it more complicated for the Budget Committee because we police the sequester tool."
"we have always had the kind of collegial relationship of which you are discussing."
"Congress, both the House and the Senate, must do a great deal more if we are going to contain government."
"We require open government every day, no matter who is in the chair."
"Sometimes you have to spend money to save money."
"An additional 6.4 percent reduction for the next year we will clearly present a more significant challenge for our committee."
"I am concerned about the trespass on our job by the executive branch by way of regulation."
"He said it is the construct of government that was established by our Founding Fathers."