Thank you for pointing out so frequently on the floor of the Senate, in our caucus, and to the American people the harm ...
We have ten percent of our workforce that works for the Federal Government--ten percent of our workforce. It has had a h...
You hear the numbers, you hear the thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people and millions of people, but u...
We want to make sure government is open. We want to make sure we do not default on our obligations.
There have been studies done that show that as a result of this manufactured crisis, consumer confidence has been more a...
You know, we do not have the Federal workers who usually come in here and have lunch. I do not know how much longer we c...
It is Congress's responsibility to do this. Uncertainty is really hurting this country.
Yet Republicans seem willing to jeopardize the full faith and credit of the United States of America unless we eliminate...
I am trying to get to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
Today, our Nation is entering its ninth day--the ninth day of House Speaker John Boehner's government shutdown.
I deeply regret the fact, going back to 'The Crucible,' that you are going to be pilloried here today.
Speaker Boehner has refused to allow the House to vote on a clean continuing resolution that would end the shutdown.
Even worse, our country is rapidly approaching the debt-ceiling deadline of October 17th.
I have seen a lot of things as a Member of Congress over my 17 years, but I have never seen a committee chairman tell th...
I represented a number of people, and they--when they got a notice of audit from the IRS or they got certain letters fro...
October 1st was a historic day for our country, not because Speaker Boehner shut down the government but because it was ...
Instead, he is allowing a small group of Republican extremists to pursue their ideological crusade to repeal the Afforda...
I did not come to the Congress to throw Mr. Labrador's constituents under the bus, and I'm not throwing mine under the b...
