Jim Bunning: “I did not say--in less than 50 percent of the cases.”

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.

today I pay tribute to my distinguished colleague from Utah, Senator Robert Bennett, who will be retiring from the Senate at the end of the 111th Congress. I have worked with Bob since coming over to the Senate in 1998. I have also had the…

in 2006, we had a huge housing crisis in this country. And even before that, the mortgage crisis showed its face in 2001 and 2002.

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