Well thank you, because that is a huge issue, and we need to invest a lot more.

I'm concerned that a failure to pay our credit card bill, if you will, is going to create a crisis.

Let's talk about homes and housing for middle class Americans and low-income Americans. It is the biggest issue coming up in my town halls.

I appreciate the President not taking that tack, and instead of saying fair share.

I see that even the dream of home ownership fading away for so many families in my blue-collar community.

I for one think that the richest 400 families should pay at least what a middle-class American pays, rather than eight percent.

The idea that we're going to cut taxes on the rich, which is what the Republican plan in the House is, and put this massive additional tax on the ordinary families, I know it would not sell in my state one moment.

The FCC Process Reform Act is bipartisan legislation that passed the House on March 11 of this year and would bring needed reforms to the commission's processes.

The American people are fed up with the United States being involved in endless military conflicts around the world. For far too long, Presidents of both parties have overstepped their constitutional authority by engaging in dubious legal…

Yesterday's action by this committee, coming up with this fantasy that somehow the IRS can prioritize 1.28 million--excuse me, billion--payments a year, to try and sidestep our responsibility to raise the debt, I apologize for that.

When I consider the tone with which you were greeted, I am amazed that you are willing to come back.

None of us think that satisfies the condition. I have worked with five presidents on trade issues.

But in terms of redefining what the terms are going to be, it is, in effect, sidestepping us.

I hope that you will commit to work with me and Chairman Smith as we move forward in a way that is fully consistent with the true definition of a free trade agreement.

in a few minutes, the Senate will vote on Danny Werfel's nomination to be the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Werfel told the Finance Committee that he will make his priorities those of delivering fairness and building…

We made the biggest investment in climate change in American history last year.

The Fire Funding Fix made a tremendous difference, and I could not agree more.

We stopped it. We said the biggest fires are now basically going to be treated as the disasters they are.