It is undeniable we owe much to the courageous men and women who put their lives on the line for their country and their countrymen repeated...
This budget request is one that, in a time where sequestration is affecting many programs, including our defense budget, the defense budget ...
I would totally disagree with that, and I think that economic studies are going to prove that is wrong.
I hear from veterans in Alabama about the major concerns facing the veteran population, and the top-most concern I am hearing right now is a...
Let me begin by saying that much of America's greatness comes from our veterans.
So, to my colleagues, this is the reason I think it is accurate to say we have fundamentally a spending problem rather than a tax problem.
They said it was inevitable if we do not change this unsustainable path. Would you agree with that?
Thank you for your insightful report and comments. They are very important to us.
The budget of the United States is indisputably in terrible shape, and we remain on an unsustainable path.
But there is no money to pay it with.
I do not believe that is the right approach.
It is a legal document. There are trustees who hold notes on the U.S. Treasury.
It is an absolute fact.
I know we can do better, and I hope we will on that.
I am generally of the view that we cannot grow our way out of this. I think we need to have some belt tightening.
However, the August 2011 debt ceiling increase resulted in the only real reduction in the growth of spending, $2.1 trillion, and it was a fi...
the administration has not indicated willingness to compromise, but as they have released with this budget, they slam the door on compromise...
We cannot continue on this course. Bowles and Simpson told us in this very room that this Nation has never faced a more predictable financia...
