We are on an unsustainable course, and we have an obligation, we have a very serious and somber obligation to come up with a plan and to do ...
We have seen some progress made--in fact, important progress made.
My own belief is that we need to put in place a plan this year to get our fiscal house back in order.
I applaud the President for those proposals. I wish there had been even more.
I just really want to urge you to continue aggressively on the transit funding.
The American people expect fact-based budgeting that produces more energy, not locking it up.
We are now in a situation where by putting $2 billion into advanced battery innovation and manufacturing--$2 billion in this country--we hav...
But that is 19th century tax policy and energy policy at a time when we need to focus on the 21st.
I am concerned continually, Mr. Secretary, about the process taking too long.
the budget problem that presents us with, instead of having several hundred billion dollars a year coming in from Social Security that we co...
It is so important to the country that people of your quality and your character are willing to serve in these positions.
These highway funding initiatives, bridge funding initiatives, transit funding initiatives create jobs.
The stimulus worked.
It is important that the Federal Government maintain its responsible share in dealing with the transit costs.
I believe that the deficit and debt reduction plan assembled by the President's Fiscal Commission on which I served got it about right.
we will focus on challenges that are facing the U.S. economic recovery
I believe this debt threat is an imminent threat to the Nation.
The Obama administration has failed miserably in that regard. It has focused on consumption and fiscal stimulation that will give us 4-perce...
