Mr. Ryan, the budget is 98.3275% of the agenda - and you passed it, expeditiously and without even the whimper of a disappointed puppy.
Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, Georgia Republican, said the budget is more conservative in future years, imposing limits on ballooning Medicaid spending, shifting control of the food stamp program to states and forcing major changes to Medicare.
But conservatives say the 2017 discretionary spending number is too high and Republicans should have fought to cut some $30 billion from the plan.
He promised to listen to their concerns as the process moves forward.
And at the end of the day, the decision will be made by all of the members of the Republican conference.
Yep, some conservative he and other Republicans really are.