we re at a point where we re not going to tell everybody congress is in a tailspin because we don t have anything. and a budget is about managing the country s resources so we can have the things i do care passionately about, whether it s education or health care or transportation infrastructure. we were not managing our country in a way to get the things i cared about. on the right, my colleague kelly o donnell spoke to your colleague marco rubio. he calls this an unamerican deal. there are other conservatives from outside groups that said, look, you and others made a promise, across the board cuts. you re going back on that promise now, and there will be consequences, they warn. my reaction to that is the budget control act which created these cuts said, a dollar for auto pilot spending for a dollar sequester. we exceeded that. but not by much. we re not saying this is a massive agreement. it gets government working but it has $85 billion of savings
elections have consequences. you were on the ticket to try to defeat the president. you felt you needed something different. well, sure. i wish i could go back and change the results of the election, but it is what it is. and we disagree on it. that s where we disagree. but government has to function, and we saw the specter of two possible government shutdowns in 2014, one in january, one in october. that s not good for anybody. that s not good for the country. liberals and conservatives are upset. liberals say you re negotiating on public terms. they couldn t believe i walked in the room with him. for a starting point. republicans have dictated budget negotiations over the last couple years. we re talking about across the board cuts. there s nothing big here, spending programs to get the economy going, that democrats think are really important, and jobless benefits don t get extended. we didn t get everything we wanted, but we did get certainty for the next two years.
elections have consequences. you were on the ticket to try to defeat the president. you felt you needed something different. well, sure. i wish i could go back and change the results of the election, but it is what it is. and we disagree on it. that s where we disagree. but government has to function, and we saw the specter of two possible government shutdowns in 2014, one in january, one in october. that s not good for anybody. that s not good for the country. liberals and conservatives are upset. liberals say you re negotiating on public terms. they couldn t believe i walked in the room with him. for a starting point. republicans have dictated budget negotiations over the last couple years. we re talking about across the board cuts. there s nothing big here, spending programs to get the economy going, that democrats think are really important, and jobless benefits don t get extended. we didn t get everything we wanted, but we did get certainty for the next two years.
we re at a point where we re not going to tell everybody congress is in a tailspin because we don t have anything. and a budget is about managing the country s resources so we can have the things i do care passionately about, whether it s education or health care or transportation infrastructure. we were not managing our country in a way to get the things i cared about. on the right, my colleague kelly o donnell spoke to your colleague marco rubio. he calls this an unamerican deal. there are other conservatives from outside groups that said, look, you and others made a promise, across the board cuts. you re going back on that promise now, and there will be consequences, they warn. my reaction to that is the budget control act which created these cuts said, a dollar for auto pilot spending for a dollar sequester. we exceeded that. but not by much. we re not saying this is a massive agreement. it gets government working but
been at each other s throats, elections have consequences. you were on the ticket to try to defeat the president. you felt you needed something different. well, sure. i wish i could go back and change the results of the election, but it is what it is. and we disagree on it. that s where we disagree. but government has to function, and we saw the specter of two possible government shutdowns in 2014, one in january, one in october. that s not good for anybody. that s not good for the country. liberals and conservatives are upset. liberals say you re negotiating on public terms. they couldn t believe i walked in the room with him. for a starting point. republicans have dictated budget negotiations over the last couple years. we re talking about across the board cuts. there s nothing big here, spending programs to get the economy going, that democrats think are really important, and jobless benefits don t get extended. we didn t get everything we wanted, but we did get certai