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You have got to get to the revenue side.

I am a member of the Bowles-Simpson Commission, as you know, and worked with others, the Gang of Six and others, to try to find a solution here.

Under the President's proposal, taxes head higher, a total of two-and-one-tenths trillion dollars higher.

Every year since the President took office, he has proposed the same approach to the fiscal challenge facing our government.

I do believe entitlements have to be taken on.

I think the time is here, when we have got to recognize that we cannot just continue the stimulative spending theory at the cost of continuing to drive up this massive debt.

It is not feasible to continually have debt rising relative to the size of the economy.

Can we simply spend ourselves into prosperity on a continuous basis with borrowed money?

The fact is, the debt is a drag on the economy.

If you are going to do this and you are going to continue with your nuclear ambitions, going in the direction that Senator Rubio has suggested, why would you not sit down with your enemy, negotiate this kind of deal...

I am convinced today that they have done that. I think they have us set up for what could be a real disaster.

I want to urge you again. The administration says it is the compassionate arm of the government. So be it. But use some compassion.

I mean, I think you guys are being bamboozled. I really do.

First of all, put me in the column with the skeptics on this committee, such as the chairman and the ranking member and, likewise, Senator Kaine.

To accomplish a coordinated, multilateral approach to countering Iran's proxies and dismantling the Iran threat network, our partners must trust us and want to work with us.

In Syria, Iran is sending Shia militia to defend a dictator guilty of crimes against humanity in his violent suppression of millions of innocent Syrians.

In Iraq, where we are partnering with the Iraqi Government to defeat ISIL, Iran is directing militias that have engaged in sectarian violence and cleansing, putting at risk the stability of Iraq.

Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism and its cultivation of violent proxies across the Middle East is as important for our security and that of our allies and partners as the Iran nuclear program.