They want everything on the table.
The systemic risk is the Congress. It is that simple.
I think if any structure that is put in place that does not assure an up or down vote on the recommendations is highly u...
there will be no long-term extension of the debt without this being included.
We cannot allow that to happen.
I think you also have to have revenue on the table.
Senator Collins, there is a third commission approach that has been proposed by our colleagues.
Congress has failed to balance our budgets and stop our rapidly-climbing debt, a $1.4 trillion deficit last year, over $...
That is totally unsustainable.
The problem that we confront is where we are headed. Where we are headed is towards unsustainable debt.
We have an extraordinarily inefficient system that is hemorrhaging revenue to offshore tax havens.
I think revenue has to be on the table.
The American people have to believe that whatever is proposed is absolutely bipartisan and fair.
I think this is a different time and a different circumstance.
The Federal Government is the worst credit card abuser in the world and we are putting everything on the tab of our chil...
The President, I think, has to be supportive.
It is a completely bogus argument that there is a safety issue. The Europeans have been doing this for 20 years, country...
It's a completely bogus argument that there is a safety issue.
