I would like to start with my questions in the same place that Senator Enzi started.
these disorders have profound impacts on our justice systems, on our school systems, on our public welfare systems, our ...
These prioritizations, in my opinion, in this culture has to change, not just for security reasons but our overall missi...
We may not be able to prevent every single terrorist attack in the future, but we can--and we must--make sure that our e...
It is my intention to work with the members of the committee and the State Department in the coming months on legislatio...
Let me say that I respect what you have done during your tenure as Secretary of State in representing not only this Nati...
I don't understand how anyone who voted for the Iraq war could now vote against raising the debt ceiling.
We began down this path by enacting tax cuts that cost the government $2.3 trillion.
Instead, after years of reckless spending and tax cuts, the Federal Government ran deficits from 2002 until 2011.
I hope that we are going to find a common path forward on many of these issues.
I don't agree with Mr. Gingrich on many fiscal issues, but I think on this one, he is right.
This debt is about the past, not about the future.
As we debate increasing the debt ceiling this afternoon, I think a bit of history is important as we acknowledge the cur...
In January 2001, CBO estimated that the total budget surplus for 2002 to 2011 would be $5.6 trillion, surplus.
Many of the most senior Members of this Committee routinely voted to raise the debt ceiling during those years.
The total deficit over that 10-year period amounted to $6.1 trillion, a swing of $11.7 trillion from January 2001 and it...
It's hard to get change in Washington and you said he has a quote 'a contracted sense of possibility.'
He can get -- he can get the background checks done. I think that is very doable this year. But Anderson, he doesn't hav...
