Washington — Here are statements from congressmen Mike Kelly, R-3rd, and Jason Altmire, D-4th, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., about the congressional supercommittee’s failure to reach a deficit reduction agreement.

• Kelly: “The super committee’s inability to reach an agreement is disappointing, but symptomatic of the political climate in Washington. Both political parties have contributed to our nation’s $15 trillion debt, and it’s up to both parties to get us out of it.

“I commend Senator Toomey for putting forward a plan that was full of common-sense solutions, and regret that his colleagues on the committee did not share his vision of tax and entitlement reform.....

“Our nation’s debt is a serious threat to this and future generations of Americans. If we don’t right the ship now, we are headed for further economic uncertainty and prolonged periods of record unemployment.”

• Altmire: “The American people have every right to be disappointed (in the committee’s) failure to come to an agreement and take even the preliminary step of recommending to the full Congress a consensus plan to reduce the deficit. I share that disappointment.

“This failure is certain to worry the already jittery world financial markets and further erode the public’s confidence in Congress.

“The failure of this Committee is just another example proving that the solutions to America’s problems do not lie at the political extremes.

“We can no longer ignore the ideological center, where the vast majority of Americans reside and where any hope of compromise can be found.”

• Toomey: “The (committee) had an extraordinary opportunity to pass legislation that would have generated millions of jobs through a reformed tax system and put our government on a path to fiscal sanity by cutting spending. Unfortunately, this opportunity has been wasted.

“I am saddened and disappointed that we were unable to meet our goal when so many Americans were counting on us.

“My Republican colleagues and I proposed a compromise that offered the other side revenue as they demanded. This plan was even hailed by the second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate as a ‘breakthrough.’ Like the proposals offered by other bipartisan commissions, our proposal offered a mix of spending cuts, revenue, and job-creating tax reform that would have lowered tax rates for all Americans and reduced our deficit by $1.2 trillion.

“Unfortunately, our Democratic colleagues refused to agree to any meaningful deficit reduction without $1 trillion in job-crushing tax increases.”