I hope history will record the same for your leadership.
there is nobody that could have participated in this process that did not conclude this tax system that we have is just completely out of da...
the race to the bottom is what is going on in the world today, and if it is going to be stopped, it is going to take some leadership from th...
I do believe we can move toward more of a consumption base by moving toward what you might call the traditional flat tax.
I want to welcome everyone to the Senate Budget Committee today.
If you have a flat tax that generates the same amount of revenue, it is a mathematical certainty that people at the top pay less and people ...
we saw a fundamental threat to the economic and national security interests of the United States if we failed to act.
I salute the Secretary for saying, Hey, we have to take money out of the baseline plan.
These budgets, all of them in all of the Federal Government, this is not going to work.
We are not going to balance the budget on 12 percent of the budget, on 12 cents out of every dollar.
I agree with the Chairman that our current deficits are not sustainable, and they are huge national security issue that needs to be dealt wi...
Entitlement spending needs to be contained.
I find the share of the pie that is devoted toward international development assistance to be a little bit too modest.
you have to have everything on the table. Spending, revenue, and every part of Federal spending has to be dealt with.
Job one, stabilize.
You have to adopt a plan. You have to put it in place.
Clearly, that cannot continue for very long.
I personally believe you and then Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson, followed by this administration, have taken steps that were critic...
