John Thune: “I think that when we get right down to it on a very basic level, a budget is a statement of priorities. The budget…”

“I think that when we get right down to it on a very basic level, a budget is a statement of priorities. The budget resolution that will be adopted in the House, and I will admit I have not read the fine print at this point, but from all I have been able to gather about the work that the Committee on the Budget has under way, this is a budget that will be a reflection of the priorities that we have for this country. Now, the people of South Dakota, the hard working people in my State, day in and day out, month in and month out, year in and year out have to go about balancing their budget. They do not have the luxury the Federal Government has had for so many years of going so far in the red and mortgaging their children's future.”