It seems to me that we may have a serious problem above and beyond cost overruns.

Is that a proper issue for the U.S. Government to look into?

It might be a good idea for the Budget Committee to actually produce a budget.

CBO found that 23 million fewer people would have health insurance after 10 years.

I worked hard and successfully with others to make sure that workers who work with Federal contractors get at least a minimum wage above $7.25 an hour.

The results are in, and the nonpartisan experts at CBO tell us that not only will the Trump tax plan not pay for itself, it will add nearly $1.9 trillion to the Federal deficit over the next 11 years.

So what I would say--and, Dr. Hall, while we are at it, talk a little bit about income and wealth inequality.

CBO estimated that the change would increase the number of uninsured people by 13 million within 10 years.

This budget would make it much, much worse.

Are you concerned that virtually every major defense contractor----

I have heard about the world collapsing when we add to the deficit and the national debt.

I apologize, Mr. Chairman, but what I would like to get back from you is your ideas of what we can do about excessive CEO salaries.

What we should not be doing as a Nation is giving unbelievable tax breaks to billionaires, and then say, 'Oh, we have got to cut Social Security or take away health care benefits from the elderly in this country.'

Am I correct in saying that the legislation would add more than $1.7 trillion to the deficit when interest costs are included?

So we are spending hundreds of billions of dollars defending ourselves from China while major corporation after major corporation is shutting down in the United States.

83 percent of those tax benefits by the end of the 10-year period go to the top 1 percent.

In the United States of America, the only major country not to guarantee health care to all people, we should not be making a very bad situation worse by throwing tens of millions of people off of health insurance.

Do we have an epidemic of fraud and illegal behavior within the defense contractors industry?