"I do not understand why this is a time when one would want to reduce GDP by half a percent."
"Our work in the 1990s proved that calling on the wealthy to pay their fair share is not incompatible with strong economic growth."
"I am going to continue making sure the voices of the American people are heard loud and clear throughout this process."
"We have to keep pressure on universities to control costs."
"I think that Social Security does not contribute to the deficit."
"The sequester moves in the wrong direction. The sequester takes too much out of the economy in a ham-handed way that was designed to be bad policy and it is bad policy."
"I always wonder about the fantastic graduates of the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice Academy... but I worry that we do not count them."
"The House budget pursues an extreme, cuts-only approach, slashing our investments in education and infrastructure."
"When his bill to raise the tax rate on the highest-earning Americans passed the Senate and House without a single Republican vote, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee at the time said it..."
"An essential part of any agreement will be asking the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share."
"The House budget doubles down on protecting tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans."