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The reason we have such a reform budget is because we've been thinking about these things for a long time.

In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better.

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.

Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry.

We're going to have to control the spending of government.

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.

It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created.

You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'

Putting together a sustainable budget requires that we all work together, that we focus our scarce resources on key priorities, and that we strengthen our capacity to deliver the best product we can for the American people. And that takes money.