Marathon Pundit: Roskam talks about contrasts in budget battle

While 11 Democratic senators want to make serious cuts in the federal budget, others don't, which has caught the attention of Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), the House Chief Majority Whip.

Below are the comments Roskam's comments, which were made at a press conference yesterday:

This is a study in very clear contrasts. On the one hand, you have cuts that are adhering to the wisdom of the American public that was articulated in November, and on the other hand, you have defense of the status-quo.

On the one hand, you have a clearly united Republican House Conference that says we need to take this challenge up and do it forthrightly, and on the other hand, you have ambiguity, disjointed leadership and a lack of direction.

I mean, with all due respect to Senator Durbin, when he articulates "a line in the sand" and that they're unwilling to go [any] further, I don't even think that’s a particularly serious point.

I think it's very clear that the American public has called this Congress to do the work that they have an urgency to do. And that is to cut and to create an opportunity for job creators [to] flourish.