As the Congressional Budget Office warned earlier this year, our nation is nearing a fiscal crisis. I would argue we are already in one.
Funding the priorities of the American people while addressing our nation's fiscal challenges is not an easy task.
I appreciate your not trying to supplant our local control in this budget, but I want to be clear.
You have got a tough job. I mean, how do you--if you look at the spectrum of the federal government, what we fund, how is it possible to com...
Now, provide for the general welfare, I mean, that is kind of a broad subject, and I think we can have a debate that goes a long time about ...
I hope that the leadership on the other side will find time to present a bill to the floor of the House of Representatives where the entire ...
How often in the President's budget proposal are we spending less the next year than we were spending in the previous year?
I have only gotten to serve with two Presidents while I have been in Congress. President Obama I believe loved this country, but never once ...
As you know, while the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse, funding the priorities of the American people while addressing ou...
I think that the real shame in all of this is that Democrats are perfectly capable of coming together and agreeing on the fact that they're ...
Look, the president's been an unwavering and committed ally to Israel and the Jewish people and frankly, the remarks that have been made by ...
I believe it is going to take an all-hands-on-deck approach to reverse the decline of our Nation's water infrastructure.
It is an honor to get to serve with you, to be on the leadership side of the Republican side of the dais, but I look forward to working with...
I think sometimes we forget to appreciate how far we have come when we are looking at where we need to be.
I think the only way to really ever force the hand of Congress is to enshrine it into the Constitution.
We have a moral obligation to get our fiscal house in order, to make sure that our children and grandchildren aren't saddled in the future w...
I struggle with the claims that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has led to a bigger gap in income inequality.
the very premise that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is working, as evidenced by the fact that unemployment is low, wages are higher