The dirty little truth in this town is that people do not want to deal with budget process disciplines.
You make the taxpayer four times as worse off as you make the government better off.
Cash is a fact. Income is an opinion.
Mr. Buffett is often up here talking about tax reform and he has admitted that his taxes are too low.
I appreciate you being a partner in this effort to really get serious about our deficit and debt.
We cannot let deficits act as if they are free money when we do spending increases and tax cuts.
But it is happening. I mean, I have had people come to me who are in very large multinational accounting firms who have had clients who were...
I think it is very important time.
I think the feeling is among Governors that they have to continue to do this to make the long-run sustainability.
As I see it, in terms of the work of this committee, one of the most important things we can do is contribute to getting on a more sustainab...
I would put those four at the top of the list.
we do not just have a spending problem, although we do have a spending problem, we also have a revenue problem.
We have--one thing Senator Sessions and I absolutely agree on is the need to put in place a credible plan as soon as possible.
I think you need to have a plan that takes a series of votes now that makes these changes over time.
We are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar that we spend.
Well, that is about as clear as it can be. Lethal is pretty strong. And, frankly, I agree with it. I believe that.
I do not envy the job of House and Senate members over the next few years. It is going to be very painful to be a Member of Congress because...
This Senator is going to continue to fight for adequate infrastructure financing for all the modes of transportation.
