"Can we help you help yourself? Can we give you some flexibility? Are there some restrictions and regulations that we can ease up on?"
"Is there any bailout or any other proposal that you all have or have been looking at?"
"I just cycled out of being Chair of the NGA and we were very much concerned about this, watching the fiscal viability of every one of the States."
"What I would like to know is from your opinion as based on the future pension liabilities of both corporate and State governments..."
"I was very proud of the Debt Commission. I will tell the Chairman that, and everybody that worked so hard and the courageous stance you all took."
"But 2014, that is when the States--it basically goes into effect, the expansion of Medicaid?"
"the balanced budget amendment is very, very important to me and to every Governor, to every State, to every household, especially in West Virginia."
"Most States have a budget balance amendment, and I want to know what your thoughts would be for this Federal Government."
"We are taking these severe cuts. We are making these tough votes. But we do not see anything coming from Washington."
"We bailed out Wall Street but not Main Street."
"The gathering was not a Christmas party."