Brendan Boyle: “I want to reiterate what an honor and privilege it is to serve as Ranking Member of the Budget Committee.”

Our Founders would be surprised and alarmed that this current Congress has not jealously guarded its prerogatives.

At its essence, you have the largest tax cuts for billionaires in American history, over $5 trillions worth paid for by the deepest cuts to healthcare and food assistance in American history.

From the most conservative Republican to the most progressive Democrat, to return to the room where it all began and remind ourselves that we are the inheritors of this great tradition.

Our state deserves better than a lazy trust fund baby who is too lazy to do the job.