Although we did not create the deficit, we have a moral responsibility to address long-term deficits.
It is important to note that we did not invent the concept of a budget deficit.
This year, 24 Republicans joined us in fiscal responsibility.
The unspent and repaid TARP funds represent the single largest opportunity for deficit reduction in our nation's history.
the Congress can play a very important role in ensuring effective implementation through its oversight function.
There should be no health care votes before Scott Brown is seated.
In many ways, the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health-care reform, but also on the openness and integrity of ou...
The Democrats should not do anything in the senate until this new senator is sworn in. No more votes on health care reform.
To that end, I believe it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health-care legislation until Senator-elect Brown ...
I urge the subcommittee to include the President's fiscal year 2011 budget request for Metro in the fiscal year 2011 THUD Appropriations bil...
I want to start, again, by applauding the Secretary for his collaborative approach he has taken in trying to see how the Federal Government ...
We need to make sure we have got adequate Federal funding, and I am happy to see that the recently released conference report on the fiscal ...
I thank again Bob Menendez, who has done just a wonderful job on this issue as well.
That is why I pledge to work with Senator Pryor to ensure that one factor to consider when selecting awards under S. 583 is whether the gran...
I'm very supportive of your effort, in terms of these innovation centers and research capabilities.
This would be an effort that would not allow to supplement those efforts, but it would be for those companies, particularly foreign companie...
Why would anybody go innovate anymore? Why would anybody go and be an entrepreneur?
I do appreciate and concur with my colleague from Florida, Senator Nelson, that the real value of these research facilities and their econom...