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A two-year budget is not an ideology.

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.

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

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

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.

We can't do everything with a budget, but we can put the country on much sounder financial footing.

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.

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under control and keep the economy moving in the right direction, with economic growth and job creation activity.

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