"The President's budget proposes the highest sustained levels of taxes, spending, and deficits in the history of the United States."
"I appreciate your reaching out to me and starting this business relationship, and your good-faith efforts to work with me and my colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle."
"Our commitment is there to get that budget framework out, to have this same robust debate, and, again, to make that comparison about our vision for a stronger, safer, freer country."
"We believe that is a big problem, and we believe we can't get to the debt and we can't guarantee our children that blessing of security, and a stable economy, and future without doing it."
"I firmly disagreed with the American Rescue Plan. Democrats will even say that it ties to inflation."
"We incentivize work. We show the dignity of work is what builds lives, and we are not seeing that right now with what President Biden is doing."
"I contend that the Budget Committee is an A committee because there is not a bigger problem to solve, there is not a greater challenge that we face as a Nation than our runaway spending."
"What they may not see enough of, unfortunately, if they are watching cable news, is that we have a lot of common ground and consensus around making this process work better."
"It is going to be a great and satisfying endeavor to go with Brendan Boyle and my Democrat colleagues into the process and make those fundamental reforms."
"I would also say that Republicans have contributed their fair share to this irresponsible fiscal State of the Union."
"To me, we have got a lot of good things that we can do for our country, a lot of very difficult decisions to make."