I think every member of our committee would agree that creating jobs should be our committee's number one priority.
In my opinion, it is time to work together and take action on proposals we should all be able to support.
the top 400 richest Americans, all making over $110 million per year and making an average of $271 million a year, paid ...
nondefense discretionary spending is shrinking dramatically over the next 10 years.
we have to increase revenues beyond current policy if we want to avoid very deep cuts.
On CBO, when they score investments, when CBO looks at the investment side, investment infrastructure and education, the...
So now to get back to your scoring, though, when tax cuts are scored, whether they were 2001, 2003, because you do not t...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Barthold, for your testimony.
If we are to keep in place the tax cuts that were implemented in 2001, 2003 rather than allow them to lapse... we would ...
If that were to lapse and that would mean that working people had less disposable income, especially at this point in ti...
Government does have a role. Private business has a role.
Their concern was that there were Members of Congress that were going around talking about not raising the debt ceiling.
At some point, we have to say wait a minute, let us get off this merry go round and begin to create jobs for people.
We are paying less taxes, percentage of GDP, than we have in a long time.
To say that we cannot afford to make these investments right now when our economy needs it most and get 14 million peopl...
One of the greatest threats to our national security is our failure to properly educate every single one of our children...
I think we need to do both.
I think many of us view your general approaches here as balanced approaches, balanced frameworks.
