Joe Barton actually said...

"We have to stop spending money we don't have and we started to make that fiscally responsible decision..."

"We all ought to be rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare..."

"The President's budget was brought up in the Senate. Not one member of the Senate voted for the President's budget..."

"In these challenging times when we are facing both rising deficits and a sinking economy, budget reform is not an option; it is an imperative."