"It has been 874 days since the Senate even bothered to try to pass a budget."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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?"
"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."
"I invited Chairman Ryan to today's hearing, but he made it clear when he decided not to run for President, that he prefers to keep his distance from the Secret Service."
"I think it misses the larger debate, which is, virtually every other country we are competing against has a value-added tax system that has rebates for its exporters."