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

If a budget is designed to show our values, it's clear where the majority stands: against opportunity, against education, and against America's hard-working, tax-paying middle class.

What's the point of creating a budget if it's not possible to follow through?

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 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.

By necessity, budgets require hard choices.

A budget matters to people who worry about protecting and saving critical programs like Medicare and Social Security. A budget matters to younger workers who fear that more and more money will be taken from their paychecks to fund another generation's spending spree.

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

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

The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be.