Ben Cline actually said...

"I think that we want to do is to find a way to encourage the private sector to take the lead."

"What we are really talking about here, boiling it down to, is stripping away a lot of the Federal program and direction."

"Balancing the federal budget has become a challenge because the federal government overreaches across a wide swath of areas."

"I am committed to being a champion for a balanced budget, and hope that the Committee Members will make that same commitment."