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What we received was not a practical vision for the future but an ideological document designed more to satisfy political constituencies than to advance, at least in my opinion, serious policy proposals.

I have a bill with Senators Grassley and Murkowski that offers assistance, along with more than $7 billion of fiscal relief to the island, without adding a penny to the Federal deficit or debt.

The debt, by the way, currently stands at an astronomical $19 trillion, close to 80 percent larger than when the President took office.

I agree with my colleague on the other side of the aisle, Representative Scott, when he talks about the large number of unemployment with our young Black Americans.

I am increasingly concerned about the impact of Dodd-Frank regulations on real economy, economic growth, and especially job creation.

Do you believe that the Congress, the White House, and the executive branch agencies have done an adequate job in reaching consensus on what the American people's interests are?

I have a question for our panelists.

I think it's an insult to the American people, who are losing patience with a foreign policy that they feel increasingly and very justifiably disconnected from.

It's an affront to the system of representative government that we have dedicated ourselves to as Americans.

My position has always been that the President is entitled to appoint the people he wants to work with him in his administration, barring serious ethical lapses or extraordinary circumstances.

We must remember, however, that the 9 million American workers receiving disability benefits today are individuals who meet a strict definition of disability, supported by medical evidence.

Though many people are already transfixed by election-year politics, it is important that we remain focused on being productive in this committee and, hopefully, throughout Congress.

I intend to work for you and with you.

We have an opportunity to protect the Medicare guarantee, the sacred Medicare guarantee, and modernize the program.

While many people are already transfixed by election-year politics, it is important that we remain focused on being productive in this committee and, hopefully, throughout our whole Congress.

You are taking advantage of the system.

I think you are both being disingenuous and incomplete in your answer, and I want you to reconsider in the future.

I want people to make a profit. But you know why I feel like you are both lying to us? You didn't write in there--you didn't say profit.