"I could afford to pay more, right. I am not near the poverty level or anything like that."
"The so-called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a massive tax reduction for corporations and the richest one percent."
"the greatest economic recovery from COVID of any major economy on Earth is that of the United States of America."
"We have a better inflation picture here in the United States than all of our peer countries in Europe..."
"this has been a remarkable period for our economy, a resilience that even the experts at the Congressional Budget Office..."
"the decisions ultimately should be made by the people as expressed to their elected representatives."
"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 overwhelming majority of those who work in government are good, hardworking people."
"Mr. Chairman, in all seriousness now, I have to say, at first, I am disappointed, you only used the word 'woke' twice."
"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."
"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."
"I feel quite confident that unfortunately the other credit agencies will downgrade us if this debt ceiling drama plays out much longer."