White House Chiefs of Staff

Do we really want to slash the State Department and the U.S.A.I.D. at such a perilous moment?

The idea that putting Americans 'first' requires a withdrawal from the world is simply wrongheaded.

Obamacare is a disaster, delivering high costs, few options, and broken promises.

the day of the CBO has come and gone.

If we could tax our way to growth and if we could tax our way to prosperity, every government in the world would have done it a long time ago.

I think one of the knocks against your party is that you don't believe in national defense.

We never said that Meals on Wheels was ineffective.

We refuse to accept it as well, Congressman, as you mentioned. We think that if that is where you are, then don't accept it.

Yeah, I think folks understand that a function, a proper and appropriate function of the government is to defend the Nation.

There is no reduction in that program.

I am just as interested and you are I believe, in waste at the Department of Defense.

I don't believe it is possible. In fact, I know it is not possible to balance the budget solely using the discretionary portion of the budget.

At some point in the very near future, we expect to be paying more money for debt than we do for defense.

I think there is a disconnect between the American people and the government when we don't lay out a path to balance.

I have three 17-year-olds. Okay? They are not even out of school yet and they owe this government $60,000 each.

A healthy American economy is very, very different than what you have seen for the last 10 years.

We want to measure compassion, true compassion, by the number of people we help to get off of those programs.

I believe in the social safety net. I really do.

I have told this story many times, I actually sat across the desk from him in the Oval Office with my list of mandatory reforms.

Great countries are not destroyed from without; they rot from within.

I don't believe that people are willing to pay for as much government as they have.

The title could have been the taxpayer first budget.

It is an honor and a privilege to be here on behalf of the Trump administration.

Doing nothing and continuing the status quo will result in a fiscal crisis.