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It is imperative that Congress grapple with the need to deal with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

At a minimum, it seems to me that we ought to acknowledge the taxpayer is on the hook for the debt.

I would just add that Congress budgets on a 1-year at a time basis.

I understand the proposition that they want to stay in power and they do everything they can--that's their single objective.

I can tell you, I sincerely appreciate the difficult Rubik's Cube you're dealing with here.

I want to thank you again for the approval of the guarantee for the enrichment facility that actually is up and moving.

I really believe that we really need to pay more attention to those that brought us to the dance.

I think you're going to need to polish that answer a little bit if you get that call.

I recently created the Department of the Interior Task Force to study climate change, because of its possible effects on our ability to be good stewards of wildlife, national parks and other landscapes, as well as our responsibility to…

You also have to look at the entitlement programs which this budget totally left out, in terms of reform of the entitlement programs.

This is not tough-love. This is continuing the path we are currently on with no future balanced budget ever, in this proposal, and the American people are rejecting it, frankly.

What matters is where we are today, and where we are going to be in the future. And what the American people are saying is, get your fiscal house in order.

We have to live within our means.

It is nobody's desire to shut down the government; what we want to do is reduce spending.

I find it interesting that this discussion started out suggesting that a lot of people were going to not--in the future, not going to offer insurance.

I do not think the sanctions should be put on without a clear idea of where we are going.

It is necessary for us to ask the world to start sanctions. First of all, this is the immediate release of all political prisoners without any negotiations with the dictator and organize new Presidential elections.

As we talk about national transportation issues, we must ensure that Federal legislation continues to distribute highway funds in a way that recognizes that there is an important national interest in transportation investment in and across…