"Instead of up 10 percent in the discretionary entitlements, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security alone go up 100 percent."
"Last night in the State of the Union address, the President said a lot of things."
"I think to say that there is an exact number based on a historical norm kind of misses the fact that there is this large cohort moving through the system that we are going to have to make some tough c..."
"The President said not a dime in the deficit, which I guess means higher taxes."
"I think it is a wet blanket on the economy."
"I think it is irresponsible for the administration to take this position that we are not even going to talk to Congress about dealing with raising the debt limit to historic levels."
"If Congress were to raise the debt limit without--without--addressing the underlying problem of spending, doing nothing on it, which is what a lot of folks are recommending, including the President, w..."
"I would say to my colleague from Maine that, at the risk of getting him in trouble, it sounded like he was channeling Tom Coburn more than Bernie Sanders."
"I think that if we are talking about reducing spending, which we should be, as well as raising revenues, that is where we should be focusing on."
"I think you made a really good point that if we do not get our health care costs under control, it is unlikely that our fiscal condition can be saved."
"It is not easy."