White House Chiefs of Staff

There seems to be, in talking with all the folks on this Committee and the other Committee, a good bit of bipartisan support in this House--or in this chamber for regulatory reform.

I would like to give the States the flexibility to try.

I have voted for that when given the chance in the House.

Senator William Proxmire would talk about this waste.

I do not think any of us expect--I know I do not--to have the President agree with me all of the time.

If you want to balance the budget in X number of years, here is what you would have to do.

The general idea is that regulatory reform offers us probably the best option right now to help get the economy doing even better.

I think the Veterans Choice Act that Senator McCain worked so hard on was part of addressing that.

I think sometimes in partisan politics people tend to question the motives of their opponents, and I think that is a mistake.

We have to do something.

You deserve the truth, as do the American public, and it is the OMB Director's responsibility to tell you--and the President--the truth, even when that might be hard to hear.

We have to end Medicare as we know it.

I will tell you my reservation, but the one thing I will be looking out for at OMB is to make sure that when the government does partner with private industry, that we do in a way that is entirely transparent so as to avoid any appearance…

We have mismanaged our own finances to the point where we are now no longer capable of taking care of our own.

I recognize the fact there is some science that would indicate that. I am not yet convinced that it is a direct correlation between manmade activity and the change in the climate, which I do believe is real.

There is no capital budget. There is no budget versus actual. There is no this year versus last year.

The Government budget process is similar to the private sector budgeting... but the system they describe is entirely different.

I want those that are watching this to know that I stand ready to do whatever it takes to protect the health and safety of women.

Is that really the message that this new administration wants to send to women?

The crowding out is real. The numbers I have seen in the academic research would indicate that, give or take, when debt approaches 85 percent of GDP, you start to see real effects of crowding out.

This is a very real and pressing issue. It affects your family; it affects my children, their ability to get a job going forward, and I take it deadly seriously, sir.

There will be a time for a discussion about aid and how to pay for it, but that time is not now.

The United States is the reserve currency; the United States debt obligations are absolutely sacrosanct.

Senator Kaine has been a strong advocate on that.