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The Pentagon budget, like all government spending, is an expression of priorities.

First of all, pharmaceutical costs are the single fastest-growing part of our health care budget.

In Florida, Medicaid is the fastest-growing part of our state budget - hands down. It is increasing at more than 3.5 times the rate of our general revenue.

When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense.'

Federal research dollars invested at the National Institutes of Health seem expensive until we factor in the economic growth and jobs created by our world-leading life sciences industry.

Of all government expenditures, defense spending is the... most stimulative to the economy.

Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.

It is time to maximize and prioritize our health care dollars.

Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.

I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.