Orrin Hatch actually said...

"Mr. Secretary, all I am asking is, how much do you want and for how long? I mean, those are two simple questions."

"The root of our spending problem is the government's major health care programs."

"the commonly repeated notion that questions surrounding spending and the debt limit are Congress's and Congress's alone to answer is, to put it mildly, a case of false advertising on the part of the O..."

"I put out a penny plan that would take care of the deficit in 2 years and result in a balanced budget."