Paul S. Sarbanes: “I mean, something's wrong with the set of policies we're pursuing, it seems to me, if we're going to have the kind of…”

This deficit requires us Americans to borrow about $2 billion from foreigners every working day. No expert I know believes that this is sustainable.

I find this troubling. I guess I find any chart that all of a sudden seems to leap out in some different direction from what we have generally been experiencing a matter of concern.

These men and women play an important role in our defense, obviously, and the view that a number of these practices are directed at them in a whole range of ways, I think is a matter for the considerable concern.

Yes. They have built up these currency reserves, very strong positions. And we owe it. We owe it.