"Am I happy with the deficits? No. We held it out as long as we could to get the cuts, as long as we could. We couldn’t do it. We live to fight another day."
"THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL!!"
"I'm not going to kill it in Rules. It needs to go to the floor."
"I’m excited about the changes we made, and I will vote present."
"progress was made on Medicaid work requirements and subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act"
"the draconian cuts they deem necessary to earn their support"
"Sadly, I'm a hard no until we get this ironed out."
"At this point I’m still a 'no' on the budget proceeding."
"We’ve still got a spending problem. We’ve got a deficit problem."
"If we’re gonna play the games like we’re playing, then what’s the use? I’m not playing. I’ll go home."
"This stuff is real serious."
"Put it in writing. The Senate's got to put the math in writing, like we did ... and let us look at it."