2012 Quote by Barack Obama

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it…

— John Kasich

I've actually cut my personal pay individually; we didn't vote on that, but I've done that individually. It's important that folks know that we're…

— Steve Stivers

Make no mistake: I will work with both Democrats and Republicans to cut wasteful spending and reduce our debt in a balanced, responsible way.

— Ann McLane Kuster

I have fought against excessive spending my entire career. And I got plans to reduce and eliminate unnecessary and wasteful spending and if there's…

— John McCain

We often adhere to the myth that if you advocate for cutting spending, you're a Republican, and if you are willing to raise taxes,…

— Wes Moore

“Both Democrats and Republicans have strayed so far from the path of responsible financial policy that the concept of balancing the budget is foreign…

— Ben Carson

I came to Congress to help reduce spending.

— Dave Reichert

I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt - pretty conservative. The first entitlement reform of your lifetime…

— Newt Gingrich

I mean, you have said before you'd cut the deficit in half. And this...I love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. You found…

— Mitt Romney

When I was elected Governor, we had an audacious agenda that naysayers said couldn't be enacted with a Democrat majority in the state legislature.…

— George Allen

I've criticized Republicans for their lack of fiscal discipline when they controlled Congress before 2007. However, that is no excuse to just continue with…

— Erik Paulsen

Not one Republican president has balanced the budget in 34 years. You can not trust Republicans with your money.

— Howard Dean