There is no substitute for making the tough policy decisions to reduce the deficit in a balanced, credible way.
that would devastate the economy. And even talking about the United States for the first time in its history not meeting...
In an era of divided government, we need to be able to make the difficult compromises necessary to get the job done.
Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues continue to oppose that balanced approach.
We all agree that we have a budget challenge, and a deficit and debt challenge--especially over the long term.
the Speaker's latest version of the mother of all sequesters, his threat that the United States would not meet its finan...
98 percent of our Republican colleagues in the House have signed a pledge that says they will not close a single corpora...
Unfortunately our Republican colleagues continue to oppose the balanced approach.
I do hope that the Senate will take up the bill we passed over here in a bipartisan basis with respect to expedited resc...
Simply put, 'Made in America' equals American jobs and a strong economy.
You have all indicated that you support the ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty.
I found your presentations to be as comprehensive a presentation that I have ever received on the treaty, and I thank yo...
Normally, on these international treaties and organizations, the U.S. participation is looked upon internationally with ...
The responsibility for international security should rest with all of our partners, not just principally with one countr...
I think it would strengthen our standing to support our allies who are dealing with some of these issues particularly in...
We are running against a cliff that is going to come up very soon as to how we deal with the sequestration.
But I want to get back to reality. You all are facing additional cuts in the Medicaid programs in every State in this Na...
The challenge is, it is so difficult to put that into code where you are reducing, in your case, reimbursements to hospi...
