This year alone, we will pay $295 billion in interest. This is more than we spend this year on seven Cabinet Departments...
I do not want to default, but I also think it is wrong for Congress to approve more borrowing without necessary reforms.
You know the difference between an excuse and a problem? A problem comes with possible solutions; an excuse is a justifi...
One of the most important responsibilities given to Congress by the Constitution is oversight of the federal bureaucracy...
It is clear CNCS is not fulfilling its responsibilities to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent in accordance with the law.
But I do say that we get fixated on Iran, and we forget about the danger of Wahhabism throughout the world.
This is not all Iran, and I am not a supporter of Iran and their government, but there are problems on both sides of thi...
I think also when we look at say, oh, we must push back against Iran, it is sort of like who pushed whom first?
I think it is important that we not forget that there is a religious intolerance on one side that I think really is alar...
It seems to me an even more important summit would be a summit between the Gulf States, including Saudi Arabia and Iran.
I wish that more financial institutions were as responsive to this body as the Bank has been.
As the World Bank's largest shareholder, the United States has a leading role in the Bank's governance.
The problem with the individual market is it's a crummy place to be.
Imagine that the AARP, which has over 30 million members, what if they formed a health association and they had one pers...
Congratulations, Mr. Acosta, on your nomination. As you know, we're in a big, huge national debate over what to do with ...
Again, it was great to see bipartisan support for that loan forgiveness effort to address something that as a Nation we ...
We want to make it easier for people to use.
I introduced a bill--the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act -- that would improve the timing,...
