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

A budget should be judged by whether it creates a foundation for the success of American working families striving to buy a house, or to send their kids to college, or to save a little for retirement and, if they're lucky, a vacation.

The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.

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.

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

I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.

Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government.

A budget matters to Americans who can't afford to see their taxes go up or lose the jobs that would be destroyed in the process.

This Budget reflects a choice - not an easy choice, but the right choice. And when you think about it, the only choice. The choice to take the responsible, prudent path to fiscal stability, economic growth and opportunity.