the heaviest lifting would have to be done through spending if you want to get to a balanced budget.

If you do tax it more, you will have lower economic growth over time.

I think a price signal will lead to innovations.

I think if we still have a Budget Committee, we ought to use it through regular order to at least put something out there.

So, in 2019 we spent about 4.5 trillion. 2020 we did the CARES Act, and that was bipartisan.

Sooner or later things like your sovereign currency are at risk.

If you do tax it more, you will have lower economic growth over time.

Running $2 trillion deficits, the Trump tax cuts, which by the way were getting close to paying for themselves pre-COVID, that is chump change, $150 billion per year.

I certainly think if we don't have smart policy that addresses the issue domestically, other countries are less likely to act.

We just don't have an economy that will give us more revenue.

What we need to do is use our own oil and natural gas resources.

You can't run any enterprise like we are currently running it.

America's air has been getting steadily cleaner.

America's air has been getting steadily cleaner.

I am against a carbon tax because it is regressive. It hurts poor people the most.

What we need to do is use our own oil and natural gas resources.

I certainly think if we don't have smart policy that addresses the issue domestically, other countries are less likely to act.

We just don't have an economy that will give us more revenue.