Kevin Hern actually said...

"So it is very troubling. And for my colleagues across the aisle to disregard that as a responsible--a constitutional duty of their office to be on this committee is just dumbfounding."

"Maybe if we produced a budget, we could spend all this energy that we have been spending in Congress reconciling the differences between the President's budget and our budget."

"It is very frustrating for people to call my office--they know I am on the Budget Committee--and ask the question, 'Why are the Democrats putting a budget on the floor?'"

"I appreciate what you said about having no thresholds because my experience is that anytime any government applies a threshold to anything there is always gaming of that system."