Bobby Scott Quotes

Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do.

We've had years and years and years of compromises, and that's led to $14 trillion in debt.

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that the most important thing in this country is to increase payments for interest on the national debt.

You just don't see people running through the streets to have the deficit cut.

I believe, as a matter of principle, that the debt is a problem that must be addressed sooner rather than later. I also know that fundamental changes are needed in the way Washington spends and taxes if we truly want a healthy economy. This must include changing our government's long-term fiscal path, which is unsustainable.

Our nation's debt has to be a concern for us all. It is not sustainable long-term.

I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt].

The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.

We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years.

When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.

We can't continue to kick the can when it comes to the fiscal state of this country.

Every day things get better because politicians are addressing the fiscal challenges more aggressively.

Can the amazing national debt be paid by a little trifling sum squeezed from year to year out of America?.... Would it not be much superior wisdom, and sounder policy, for a distressed kingdom to retrench the vast unnecessary expenses continually incurred by its enormous vices?

We give lip service to the importance of deficit reduction, but Americans oppose every single thing that you might do to reduce the deficit.

The federal government is enormous; it never shrinks. And the interest is killing us.

When you're talking about long-term deficit reduction, $4 trillion worth, entitlement reform needs to be part of it.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt.

We have to deal with the nation's debt.

We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.

When you get the economy growing, that's when you can deal with the national debt.

Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same.

The Obama administration's large and sustained increases in debt raise the specter of another financial crisis and large future tax increases, further chilling business investment and job creation.

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.

We're all concerned about the budget. We're all concerned about what's happening financially in our country. There's no question about it. Congress is working day and night. In fact, every time I go home the lights are on at the top of the Capitol.