Ability Quote by Chuck Hagel

The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of…

— Nancy Pelosi

To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the part of…

— Barack Obama

We have got to cut the spending. We have got to fix Medicare and Social Security. And actually, if we don't cut spending, this…

— Paul Broun

Inhumane treatment of the undocumented cannot be rewarded with repeated budget increases. It goes against our country's most fundamental values and cannot continue. We…

— Mike Quigley

Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal…

— Carl Levin

The harsh reality is that we simply cannot tax our way out of our overspending and debt problem. We need a balanced approach that…

— Kevin Brady

We can reduce our deficit, and do it in a much more balanced way than sequestration, simply by fixing our tax code to get…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the…

— Mitch McConnell

We must cut federal spending - every wasted dollar, every low priority program, and every unconstitutional overreach - every day.

— Kevin Brady

We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the…

— Anonymous

In my view, the biggest challenge facing this country is that we are not living within our means. Spending cuts can only get us…

— Kevin Brady

You have to separate what needs to be done to avoid the fiscal cliff and what needs to be done longer range. It's a…

— Sander Levin