Brendan Boyle

The famous physicist Niels Bohr once said, predictions are hard to make, especially about the future.

Making sure that debt ceiling reform is part of that is absolutely critical.

I have a real passion when it comes to reforming our debt ceiling. We are playing with dynamite.

If we really want to fix this process, it needs to be truly bipartisan.

The budget process is completely broken.

I railed against the Republican tax cuts in 2017, which were projected and have proven out to cost $1.9 trillion.

I am very excited to welcome you back, Chairman Yarmuth. Chairman Yarmuth served as Chairman of this Committee and in Congress with great distinction and also was just a wonderful friend and someone who really was a role model for me.

Our internal divisions as a Congress, and increasingly as a country, is a massive national security threat.

Your approach--let me just say this, and I hope I don't get you in trouble--the way you approach, you are one of the most well-respected Members in the House, and that is on both sides.

The so-called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a massive tax reduction for corporations and the richest one percent.

I could afford to pay more, right. I am not near the poverty level or anything like that.

I am a believer that we can have trade agreements that are in our national security interest, but also balance the need for growth and the balance to drive good prices for American consumers, with also protecting the interests of American…

Well, here we are just last week, the House Ways and Means Committee passed a piece of legislation that would extend the TCJA, the GOP tax scam, and extend those tax cuts.

And not just the richest one percent, but the richest one-tenth of one percent received a majority of the tax cut in the TCJA.

No serious economists would make such a claim.

It certainly calls into question the extent to which some are really concerned about our national debt.

I find offensive, and I oppose that, and frankly, there is no red or blue, Republican or Democratic exception to that in my view.

The decisions ultimately should be made by the people as expressed to their elected representatives.

The overwhelming majority of those who work in government are good, hardworking people.

This has been a remarkable period for our economy, a resilience that even the experts at the Congressional Budget Office...

We have a better inflation picture here in the United States than all of our peer countries in Europe...

The greatest economic recovery from COVID of any major economy on Earth is that of the United States of America.

I feel quite confident that unfortunately the other credit agencies will downgrade us if this debt ceiling drama plays out much longer.

I think what we ultimately all want is higher living standards for the American people, and if anything, our low taxes are getting in the way of that here.

You think about that--too often around here we hear about the spending side, but we don't hear about the whole other half of the equation, which is the revenue side.