Jodey Arrington

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.

I firmly disagreed with the American Rescue Plan. Democrats will even say that it ties to inflation.

When you are in a hole and you want to get out, the first thing you have to do is stop digging.

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 think just about every economist on the left or right... has now been 15 consecutive months of 40-year high inflation.

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.

This administration's reckless spending and failed economic policies have resulted in continued record inflation, soaring interest rates, and an economy in a recessionary tailspin.

We shouldn't accept that it is just 1.7 or 1.8 or whatever the CBO is projecting.

We are going to get through our budget resolution process early on and through this debt ceiling negotiation.

I see the House Budget Committee's responsibilities much more broadly I think than some.

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.

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.

Scott Peters and I from San Diego, Democrat, introduced the Responsible Budget Act that would actually replace the debt ceiling with real debate over real reforms.

I know Sheldon Whitehouse, who is chairing the Budget Committee in the Senate, is big on the debt-to-GDP targets with a glide slope down. I love that idea.

I think fixing the broken process, because fundamentally having systemic problems with the institution, or i.e., broken process, is very difficult to yield anything but broken outcomes.

first principle is you lead by example.

My recommendation is that we don't increase our budget.

I would also say that Republicans have contributed their fair share to this irresponsible fiscal State of the Union.

If we don't intervene, I think the outcome will be disastrous--and possibility irreparable--if it is a sovereign debt crisis.

I suspect Democrats don't feel any better than Republicans. Even if your pet projects on either side are buried in this spending, it is just not good business.

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.

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.

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