That will fundamentally threaten the economic security of the country going forward.
We are on a collision course with reality, and the reality is we cannot afford as a Nation all of the things that we are...
I personally applaud you for doing that. I think Senator Gregg has been very clear about our concerns about this not bei...
I think all of us know the financial systems and internal controls at DOD need improvement.
I just do not think it is realistic.
Those are jobs that are going to be right here in this country.
CBO told us phasing out the favorable tax treatment for health care, employer-based health care, is one of the most impo...
We have doubled the national debt over the last 9 years. We are getting ready to double it again over the next 8 years.
History is going to judge us, whether or not we were up to this challenge and whether or not we were true patriots.
It helps improve the competitive position of the United States.
the debt right now is threatening our economic recovery in the short term as well as the long term
I can't speak for Senator Gregg, but he and I have gone on this effort to have a commission, because we have been convin...
Spending has got to be adjusted, and yes, that means Social Security and Medicare have to get on a lower growth trend.
I have just gone through an exercise to get the deficit down to 3 percent of GDP by the fifth year of the budget period ...
We have got to--our first obligation is to defend this Nation, and we have got to provide the resources to do that.
There is going to have to be serious money spent there so that the energy needs of the country can be met efficiently.
It would be a profound mistake not to have a plan to deal with this longer-term debt challenge.
Unemployment means poverty, in most cases, despair, high suicide rates, dropout rates, poor health, poor housing conditi...
