"We need to cut 2024 spending as compared to 2023."
"We need a constitutional amendment that limits debt as a percentage of the economy."
"I would love to get to a place, Ranking Member Boyle, where all of us could agree on the numbers, the facts, the path."
"I certainly don't feel like the President's proposed budget does it. I don't see a concrete plan there."
"The only thing more unimaginable than that is that $32 trillion in debt and the interest on that debt."
"Does it make any sense to be on track to have interest be the largest Federal program?"
"What is it going to take to get people's attention?"
"We got to take a position, and I respect my colleagues for putting some of their thoughts on paper."
"More is said than done, and we have got to start getting to doing instead of just talking."
"the Fiscal State of the Union is rapidly deteriorating and that the path that we are on is just completely unsustainable."
"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."