I am beginning to wonder if the President is not quite happy to see the Defense Department take this much cuts.
It is time for the Commander-in-Chief to provide certainty in the defense budget and explain the dangers of these large defense cuts.
I am concerned--now, I will ask Mr. Muhlhausen and Mr. Lesley this question--well, first, Ms. Crowe, with regard to Virginia and the importa...
I believe the Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America has a high duty.
The matters that we are facing today have been made substantially worse by the fact that the President has blocked defense planning to make ...
we have an absolute duty to serve the children effectively, and we need to make sure every dollar we spend is wisely used to get a good resu...
Well, thank you, and thank you, Sakhia, for your testimony, and I am glad you are doing well in school.
Well, the regular order calls for the bringing up of the House budget on the floor and 50 hours of debate.
we will work with you to see where we can find other areas that the budget can be tightened
I think there is not support to raise spending--raise taxes for increasing general spending.
I thank you, and Governors Warner and Kaine and King work hard to deal with the budget issues that they face.
The austerity we talk about is raising taxes.
We must stick to that agreement. We need to spread the spending cuts around.
We must start defining compassion and helpfulness, not by how much money we spend but how many people we actually help to remove themselves ...
I think that bipartisan support for a serious plan to enhance our infrastructure, but the American people need to know how little of our act...
Would you agree that tax increases are a form of austerity as well as spending cuts?
Excessive, non-productive spending and the consequently high and growing national debt hurt the pace of economic activity.
What do we do to create growth and get our debt under control? Is it just raise taxes or is it reduce spending?