Mick Mulvaney actually said...

I don't believe it is possible. In fact, I know it is not possible to balance the budget solely using the discretionary portion of the budget.

Mulvaney emphasizes the need to address mandatory spending to balance the budget.

05/23/2017

More Mick Mulvaney Quotes

Good government should not be a partisan exercise.

We assumed for the sake of doing the budget that the tax plan is deficit neutral...

Our vision is to ensure that we can pay off our debt and deal with our trillion-dollar deficits in the years ahead.

The deliberative process within the executive branch will continue to play out in an iterative fashion.