I do not think the present system is working. I do not think it is working well. But I have to tell you that I do not know how to fix it.
You all don't know what you are doing up there, do you?
We are a little nervous around here about the way money is being thrown around.
President Obama is committed to thinking through and trying to find some new ways to deal with these problems.
$450 billion every year, Mr. Chairman, on the interest on the debt, is equivalent to almost an entire cost of the 5-year Iraq war.
I did not support President Bush's 'send out the check' program, and I think the chart that was shown earlier indicated that it did not do m...
I was very troubled, and President Bush was criticized greatly for a $412 billion deficit in fiscal year 2004.
I agree, and I talked to a businessman recently and was shocked to see how severe he got caught in a financial situation.
There is no free lunch. Debts have to be repaid.
the interest on the debt today, the $10 trillion or so that we have today? About $200 billion.
Those debts are burdens this economy is going to have to carry, and we should keep this thing as lean and as productive as absolutely possib...
I have been working with Senator Kennedy on a plan to create a universal savings plan in addition to Social Security for every worker in Ame...
I did not support the TARP program, but I know the reason it was passed, and it was a difficult decision to oppose it.
Based on current projections and absent any catastrophic home price decline, FHA will not need to ask Congress and the American taxpayer for...
And if I had five GM or Ford plants in my state I would oppose this bailout.
This is only delaying their funeral.
The Paulson plan is a bad plan. It will not solve problems, it will create more problems.
We hadn't gotten an agreement. There's still a lot of different opinions. Mine is, it's flawed from the beginning.
