Let's not duck those realities. Let's follow the advice of the three other bipartisan commissions and go big.
the last time that our budget was balanced was back in the 2001, 2000 time period.
if the Congress was to take action to repeal the defense portion of the sequester, all things being equal, that would ma...
Many analysts think that the country should spend more in the area of infrastructure.
we have got employees who have taken a 5 percent to 10 percent cut. And we have got Federal employees who their wages ha...
we are about to--we have got some folks who are getting ready to run out of unemployment benefits
it has always puzzled me, you know we hear these comments that we should not raise taxes on the richest of the rich duri...
Why would you want to impose restraint on an economic recovery that is already fragile? You are removing spending power ...
I thank Chairman Casey for holding today's hearing to examine the most recent data on the employment situation across Am...
When the economy is only growing a point and a half, a lot of economists feel that this is not the right time to be find...
Borrows from the framework of the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles proposal.
It's modeled after the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles proposal.
I want to thank you for calling this hearing.
It is a tremendous problem in our country.
I want to thank the chairman for his apology, but I can attest to the fact, Mr. Chairman, that when the gentlelady and I...
Mexico is our neighbor, our ally and our friend; yet U.S. weapons are arming the world's most violent and powerful inter...
we have an important responsibility in this committee to thoroughly investigate allegations of waste, fraud and abuse.
A lot of people are ending up who never thought that they would be in a homeless shelter or walking the streets without ...
