"Nancy Pelosi has said it numerous times, that a budget is a statement of your values. Show us your values."
"the Trump Administration is the first to fulfill that promise."
"the Constitution allows Congress to tax."
"I hope that my colleagues will be as ever critical of the fact that we have not produced a budget as they are about the President's budget."
"I want them to have the best training, the best intelligence, and the best equipment in order to overwhelm any enemy at any time on any battlefield."
"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."
"What is unacceptable is the Democrats have been playing partisan games with coronavirus."
"I assure you that the left-wing media will not ever report that it was--it is going to be a centerpiece."
"One of our fundamental constitutional duties is to produce a budget. First--it is the first clause of the enumerated powers."
"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?'"