U.S. State Attorneys General

I think that we share the concerns about the blanket waiver of the Jones Act whenever the reserves are tapped.

This is what I love about hearings. When we actually can have this kind of a discussion, this is what I think the public would love to hear.

Over 77 years now, through 13 recessions, Social Security has added not one penny to our deficit or to our debt.

Six out of ten seniors who get Social Security rely on Social Security for a majority of their income.

Social Security, even through the worst recession since the Great Depression, is a program that people have grown to rely upon and can trust.

Complying--the regulations might be perfectly legitimate. I am not questioning the value of the regulations, but they are expensive.

I am still a very proud bleeding heart liberal.

Although the tax is not scheduled to take effect until next January, we are already feeling its choking boot on the necks of hardworking Americans and sick people. Indiana medical device companies have already laid off good Americans…

Replace them at what cost? The employers will never say, 'Well, we tried raising wages by $5 an hour. And then we found American' -- they don't do that.

It is just not true and it is an abuse of this process.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $133,400,000)''. Page 26, line 16, after the dollar amount…

Are you concerned that the implementation approach by this administration... may actually discourage employers from offering these plans?

If the Federal Government owns part of General Motors, and General Motors is doing business with Peugot, and Peugot is in Iran, that is an outrage, and we need to do something about it.

Ronald Reagan turned to a policy and a strategy that worked. It was called the Reagan Doctrine.

I worked for Ronald Reagan. I was his Special Assistant, and he frequently admitted that sending the Marines into Lebanon was his worst decision of his presidency, and how much he regretted it.

I hope we do. I hope we have the IRS here. I believe that the more we do to examine this sector, the better off those that are doing phenomenal work will be able to have contributions made by Americans because they will know, in fact, that…

With the kind of changes I have been talking about in this bill, it has been estimated we can welcome 300,000 Chinese visitors to Hawaii.

I introduced the bipartisan VISIT USA Act with Representative David Dreier.

I hope all of you will sign onto this bill and consider pushing us, moving us forward quickly.

The goals set by the President will take our serious effort.

These commonsense reforms among others included in the bill will help to implement our tourism strategy.

Is there a more clear definition of being penny wise and pound foolish than to cut the IRS millions of dollars and cost the taxpayers at the end of the day billions of dollars?

The National Taxpayer Advocate has identified IRS's underfunding as the 'number one most serious problem' in her annual report to Congress.

Unfortunately, budget cuts mean the IRS is struggling just to keep up with its core work.