"We are a compassionate society. I think all Americans want a strong social safety net."
"You think this implementation is working? James Hoffa, the National Treasury Employees Union, they are not quite agreeing with you on that."
"I do believe that deficit reduction is a children's issue and something that is very important."
"Because we do not have the money to fund them."
"I just want to ask any member of the panel, is there any tax increase that you know of that helps our economy grow or keeps us competitively globally?"
"And we all want a strong social safety net. We are a very compassionate society."
"The Affordable Care Act is going to have a total government takeover of the health care system to disastrous results, is that not true?"
"There are no tax increases that are going to help our economy grow."
"But the balanced approach, if you increase taxes, it is going to harm economic growth."
"I just kind of have a common-sense notion that the way you really strengthen the middle class is have a strong economy, and you have businesses that have the incentive to risk their capital."
"We have enticed our children to incur collectively $1 trillion of debt in higher education."