U.S. State Attorneys General

We have an executive branch that is ignoring the statutes that this Congress has written.

The status quo, to the degree that this administration, and, frankly, others, have deliberately chosen not to enforce the law, that is kind of a de facto amnesty, yes.

I think this is a huge loophole, and I do not think the DHS Secretary should have this immense discretion.

Second, new immigration laws should serve the needs of the American economy.

Comprehensive immigration reform should be guided by three basic principles: First, America must always remain in absolute control of its borders.

We all say we want to preserve Social Security. This is about making sure for our kids and our grandkids, it is working as well as it has worked for our parents and grandparents.

To cut benefits, to discuss a budget deficit caused by unpaid for wars or tax cuts that went to very wealthy folks, that is just putting it on the backs of seniors.

I just said today using Social Security funds to pay for deficits that it did not cause is the problem.

Complete and utter nonsense.

The longer we wait, the closer we get to the edge of the cliff, the fewer options we have.

Social Security currently has about a $2.7 trillion surplus.

I think I would be on very safe ground to say anyone who says Social Security is broke or bankrupt is lying because the facts show just the opposite.

Any time someone says to you Social Security is broke or bankrupt or causing our deficit, I will say emphatically here that is contrary to the evidence.

I plan to work with the chairman and others on this committee to get congressional consent for these amendments.

I think that is really important, and I commend you for the steps you are taking to recognize that this is a different population of veterans than perhaps.

Is it your intention and goal that 100 percent of VA facilities will have these kinds of comprehensive care for our women veterans?

Yes, we do. Under the direction of Dr. Patricia Hayes, who runs our women's program, we have an extensive outreach program.

We can never afford to forget that. For these reasons, I simply urge all my colleagues to support H.R. 1120 and to not listen to the nonsense that we're hearing from the other side. We believe in the worker. We believe in workers' rights…

I will continue to advocate for long-term, lasting, permanent reform of Medicaid.

I am very concerned about how we pay for the estimated $630 billion that it will cost for Medicaid expansion.

I believe in healthcare reform, and I believe we need healthcare reform, and what I am particularly concerned about is reform of Medicare that my mother relies on and Medicaid.

I want to focus on that a bit because the impression could be left that Social Security is not part of our debt problem.

The person who makes $450,000 in income will see a very small hit from the change to a chained CPI when it comes to what they pay in taxes, whereas the person earning $53,000, the middle of America, will see a much greater increase in…

The biggest impact by the tax increase caused by the chained CPI hits families who are earning somewhere between $10,000 and $20,000 because they would be pushed up into the higher brackets faster.