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The budgets we work on in Congress are more than just fiscal documents; they are a reflection of our moral values as well. In choosing where to spend money, members of Congress choose what priorities they value.

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people.

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.

One of the most important tasks of the United States House of Representatives is to pass a budget resolution.

We need to focus on issues where we all agree, which is spending discipline and control and making sure that government, both in Springfield and in Washington, doesn't take more from your family budget.

The important aspect as we look at this budget, and as we look at previous budgets, is the budget system - what I'm trying to get at is changing budgeting itself in Wisconsin.

Remarkably, there are leaders in Washington who don't understand why it's so important for us to have a budget.

States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget.

I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government.