Quote by Mitt Romney

We need to balance the budget and force Washington to stop spending more than it takes in.

— Joni Ernst

The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington. It's completely out of control. We Republicans came to power…

— John McCain

The right way to deal with a budget problem that was years in the making is by formulating a credible plan to reduce the…

— Christina Romer

We have to cut spending. We're - the thing is out of control.

— Tim Pawlenty

Well, first of all, let's go right to it. We're going to balance the budget. We should live within our own means, and we…

— Jeff Sessions

We're for the balanced budget amendment and yet the budget we're going to introduce, that we're going to repeal Obamacare with never balances.

— Rand Paul

The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans…

— Howard Dean

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.

— Newt Gingrich

I'm gonna get us to a balanced budget, President Bush didn't.

— Mitt Romney

We should balance the budget. If government programs are important enough, we need to pay for them with taxes or make cuts in lesser…

— Robert J. Samuelson

We agree with Simpson and Bowles and others who have looked at this. What's necessary is to stabilize the debt and then work from…

— David Axelrod

Obviously the first thing we need to do is repeal “Obamacare.” That's one entitlement that we can get rid of. And that's a couple…

— Rick Santorum