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 and to balance by th...
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.
These things contribute to the economic strength of the country or the depletion of our strength.
I hope there will be an opportunity for the Congress to reconsider its rejection of the Conrad-Gregg proposal.
I hope is not waiting around for the health care bill, which has a lot of important building blocks in it, to pass.
If we don't have a plan that all of us basically think has got merit, it will be abandoned.
I will tell you, I don't know what is happening as a culture, but when we have the national news media obsessing on Michael Jackson and obse...
I personally applaud you for doing that. I think Senator Gregg has been very clear about our concerns about this not being done in the past.
I think all of us know the financial systems and internal controls at DOD need improvement.
I just do not think it is realistic.
It is going to take bold strokes to deal with this challenge. It is going to take big ideas and it is going to take political courage.
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 important things that ne...
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.
