Balanced Quote by Ann McLane Kuster

I will fight for budget honesty and eliminating the deficit to reduce the transfer of debt to younger generations.

— Roscoe Bartlett

I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians. I’ll work with Martians. If — and the if is critical…

— Ted Cruz

I've done work for both Democrats and Republicans.

— Mark Zandi

As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending.

— Jeff Miller

I'm not going to stop beating up on the Democrats for wasteful spending.

— Nikki Haley

I won't support any budget, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat budget, that doesn't lead to balance.

— Rand Paul

If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.

— Joe Biden

I worked with Democrats and Republicans to cut a trillion dollars out of our discretionary domestic budget. That's the largest cut in the discretionary…

— Barack Obama

My Republican colleagues say, Let's do the cuts first. The Democrats say, Let's do spending first. I'd like to do both simultaneously.

— Scott Rigell

I'll continue to work with my colleagues to stand up for working families and stop the Republican giveaway to the richest and most powerful.

— Andy Kim

Until the president produces a responsible deficit reduction plan, I'm not going to the White House to negotiate with myself.

— Jeff Landry

I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off…

— Barack Obama