"It is on us. We have got to show a willingness to listen to each other and compromise."
"I believe that it is going to require revenues and entitlement reforms."
"We are looking at the top-line number as if it was as rational set of cuts, when in effect this was set up to be the most irrational."
"I would not have been here if there had not been a student loan program."
"I very much believe you have to have a balanced approach, revenues, I do believe entitlement reform has to be part of this mix."
"Senator Warner had a particular focus as Governor on enrolling children in health insurance."
"I would concur that maybe the defense planning for sequestration was not that good."
"Many of us have cited the Simpson-Bowles report as a guideline that, while not perfect, set out meaningful deficit reduction."
"At $16.5 trillion in debt that goes up $3 billion a day, if we were to have interest rates at anything close to historic levels already, we would see interest costs alone on that debt outcourse Medica..."
"We need to listen. We need to compromise."
"deficit reduction needs to be done in a balanced way, and includes a responsible mix of spending cuts and new revenue from those who can afford it the most."