I was a little disappointed when the President missed the opportunity in the State of the Union speech to say exactly wh...
So it looks like it would put a lot of people out of business and raise prices.
If we default on that debt, I think we are saying something about how valuable our trust funds are.
I am very concerned about the Fed's policy of quantitative easing where it is buying up the government debt.
I think the goal should be to find a cut that you could make tomorrow or late this week.
Our Nation's fiscal policy is in tatters. Our projected level of Federal spending growth is unsustainable.
I was a cosponsor of the Conrad-Gregg deficit commission bill and was pleased that we got one, one way or another.
I am really concerned about the rapidly rising debt-to-GDP ratios and watching what is happening over in Europe.
We have been kicking the can down the road and it is time now for action to hold the line on spending.
I was a strong--I was a cosponsor of the Deficit Commission, the Conrad-Gregg Deficit Commission, and I voted for it.
I think we do have to do all of them, but I still think we will have to do them kind of one at a time.
I did appreciate your comments in the report about when we were doing the tax reform to have transition rules in there.
I think we are at that point where people need to be saying, we cannot afford it, even though it might be a good program...
Clearly, the PBGC is facing some rough waters and will continue to face them in the future.
I'm open to legislation to improve the PBGC corporate governance--governance similar to the reforms Congress sought in t...
we must undertake reforms that strengthen the PBGC and our retirement system and stay away from the so-called reforms th...
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation sends nearly half a billion dollars each month to retirees whose companies' pen...
In order to strengthen the defined benefit system, we need a PBGC that can respond and work with the business community.