"If we had cuts of the magnitude that I asked you about in the opening round, I can just assure you that we would be talking about reducing centers."
"I actually thank the gentlelady. As always, she asks good questions and has good points to make."
"Abraham Lincoln said, "Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.""
"I think it is very important for people to understand, because that--I think that--that, frankly, wall of independence is really critical to your mission and retaining the confidence that you need to ..."
"I want to thank my friend for her testimony."
"to govern is to choose, and we will have some tough choices, I have no doubt, to make."
"these are public dollars, and that scrutiny is very, very appropriate and questions from all sides are very, very appropriate."
"if Americans are willing to support you with their checks, large and small, it suggests to me that you have done your mission."
"So our goal is to fashion a budget that focuses on the things that work, that tries to decrease the areas where there are either duplications or redundancies or waste."
"We look forward to working with you to find ways to stretch those dollars further as well."
"This ability to respond and protect, you know, is, again, every bit as important as our ability to protect our fellow citizens against terrorists."
"We can't turn our back on providing the unemployed and underemployed citizens with the services that they need to find a job."