this is a shared responsibility. This is a team sport, and we are part of the team.

The work that we do here for the American people is hugely important.

find out what does not work and do less of that.

how can we do those things that are our responsibility more effectively and more efficiently.

We are trying to do a whole lot better than that.

We also talked about an effort to provide a more seamless transition for following the health care of military members.

I, from time to time, tell people who have quite a bit of money that they are going to have to pay some extra taxes if we are going to get the job done on deficit reduction.

the three keys to deficit reduction, if we are serious about it, are tax reform that makes more sense out of the tax code and actually produces some revenues for deficit reduction; entitlement reform that saves money and saves the programs…

It is really weird that we do these program provisions and bills and amendments, and instead of getting credit for saving money, it comes to us from CBO as an added cost, which just drives us crazy.

Two, we need tax reform that I believe generates some revenues.

we just need the Administration to do its job.

We call it the PRIME Act, P-R-I-M-E Act.

there are still gaping holes in this Administration.

The Constitution mandates an explanation of where we spend our money and how we spend it.

One of the things we do in our State is every year our congressional delegation co-hosts a veterans' summit.

the key for almost all of them to succeed is leadership.

Thank you for being so faithful in your attendance. This is really an important hearing.

First, alternatives to detention have been proven to be significantly less costly, incomparably effective in terms of our larger goals of deporting those who ultimately need to be deported.