"I am one of those that doesn't understand why golden parachutes are provided by boards ever."
"the Administration has recklessly and unilaterally spent taxpayers' money. We have runaway inflation."
"I hope that there is an appreciation that for the Administration to say they could not purchase these things and then after several months divert some funds and then purchase them is unacceptable."
"But we should have been--we are part of Congress. When you are asking us for $10 billion, we should be apprised of what those tradeoffs are and have that discussion and help make that decision togethe..."
"We are now at a point, because Congress has not given us additional funding, that we have had to do these things that are unacceptable."
"Senator Romney recently tried to get an up-or-down vote in the dead of night on his so-called TRUST Act."
"The Social Security Trust Fund runs out of money in 2034. That is a problem."
"We do not need more think tanks. We need 'do tanks.' How do you get something done?"
"His bill has no chance whatsoever of receiving a single Republican vote in either house."
"To get something done requires bipartisanship."
"Any proposal that is brought forward that is only supported by one party is a messaging bill."
"If we do not come up with a bipartisan solution we will not save it."