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American - Public Servant Born: August 29, 1955

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

Numbers Values Expression Budget

I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.

Service People World Chance

We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the president's budget is a comprehensive and responsible plan that will put us on a path toward fiscal sustainability in the next few years - a down payment toward tackling our challenges in the long term.

Future Path Challenges Long

In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.

Will Freeze Security More

Congress should get the job done.

Job Done Congress Get

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.

Burden Debt Economy Years

There's a lot of trust being built up. I think we have a lot of work ahead of us.

Work Trust Think Ahead

We obviously would like to get unemployment as low as we possibly can.

Unemployment Like Low Get

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

Work Time Think Short

The reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it is solidly funded for 75 years. At the moment, we look out and we see it is solidly funded until 2037.

History Moment Tradition Look

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There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, 'Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can pay our bills?'

Government Serious Question Policy

It is time for the general fund to pay the Social Security fund back.

Time Back Security Social

The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in Syria. And the brutality of the Assad regime is unacceptable.

People Democracy Way Hard

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

Think Sense I Think Urgency

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

You Problem Never Solution

It's going to be true that anything that reduces the federal deficit will have somebody unhappy.

Unhappy True Will Be True

I think the thing that the American people want is for the divisive debate on health care to stop.

Health People Care Debate

Most Americans want health insurance.

Health Insurance Want Most

If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.

Family Health You Job

Taxpayers can go online and find out more about the way their government works than ever before.

Government Way Find Go

Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.

Seriously Privilege President Every

Social Security is something that we need to deal with, because people who are working today, who will retire in the future, people who are retired today, they have a right - and it's part of the compact that they can depend on their benefits. We should fix the long-term funding problem of Social Security because that's the right thing to do.

Future Today People Problem

If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.

Health You Look Insurance

I can't speak to the differences within the Catholic Church.

Speak Church Differences Within

Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order.

Trying House Europe Get

Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.

New Limit Some Debt

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