Approach Quote by Steven Rattner

It is past time for Congress to get serious about our spending crisis and impose fiscal restraint.

— Ron Johnson

There needs to be fiscal common sense.

— Chuck Fleischmann

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

— Newt Gingrich

We've been increasingly fiscally conservative, knowing this could happen.

— Tom Green

We have major fiscal problems on our hand.

— Chaka Fattah

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

— 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

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

— Gary Johnson

I think we need to push harder, we the Democrats, because it's an open door for the Republicans - prosperity centers.

— William J. Clinton

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal…

— Jeff Flake

In reality, finding a way to raise taxes may well be the central political problem facing the United States.

— David Leonhardt

And so we go over the cliff fiscally, and our Republican friends try to pin the blame on discretionary domestic spending, including spending for…

— Anonymous