Jim Bunning

if the Congress does it that way, you are absolutely correct that this program will fall into an abyss and never pay for itself, and the Government will be on the hook for more than the 18 plus billion dollars it presently is.

Let me get one thing straight. You are the Inspector General for the SEC, correct?

I think the SEC better be capable of better things.

It is approximately $8 billion. We drink more than that in a week up here.

Your job is to protect the investor.

I want to explain why I will vote no on the nomination of Robert D. Reischauer to serve as a public trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Programs. Although he has a Ph.D. in economics and extensive experience with Federal budgetary…

The problem is not with the law on currency as it is written.

I am frustrated, and I know my colleague, Senator Schumer, is frustrated. We are trying to act in the best interest of our workers and the United States of America.

There's a rising in our nation It is sensed both far and wide It's a movement based on common sense And deep and personal pride. In cities, town and villages As families faced what's real They make the tough decisions To make family…

Not if we have economic recovery, it will not.

Should we not be concerned about the impact this, paired with the large budget deficits that this administration has projected, will have on my 40 grandchildren and future generations?

The unemployment rate as of January 2009 was 7.7 percent. In August of this year, the unemployment rate was 9.6 percent.