It would be the better part of valor to take action now to make sure that we do not get too close to that point.
We cannot afford to wait until the markets lose confidence in the conduct of our financial affairs.
The Commission plan was also important because it showed how to reduce the deficit and debt in a balanced way.
It is not our intention to do anything in particular on the international front.
So means-testing is not cutting anything. It is paying people what you actually can afford.
There is a moment in time in 2011, before we get into the 2012 cycle too deeply, to find a way to do something meaningfu...
I really do believe that this is the year for Social Security reform and that the age adjustment from 65 to 67 was accom...
If we do not deepen the Charleston port, that is the economic engine for the State of South Carolina and for the Southea...
Can you imagine any scenario where we can save Social Security from impending massive cuts, 30 percent in 2037 or maybe ...
The sooner you do it, the better off we all are, because if you do it sooner, that means the solutions are not as dracon...
If we are wise, we will take some parts of what you have done, add it with some of our wisdom, if we can muster any, and...
You lie.
I hope the Tea Party will come to Washington and change the whole dynamic that led to this fiscal mess we're in, startin...
Reserving the right to object, Madam President, this is a nation of laws, not of men. It destroys that whole foundation ...
While Senator DeMint sympathizes with the victims of this tragedy, he's concerned that Congress should not retroactively...
We shouldn't be jamming a major arms control treaty up against Christmas. It's sacrilegious and disrespectful. What's go...
It just tells you how irrational this spending culture has become that's driven by earmarks.
We've only gotten about a million of them back so far. And that doesn't even account for the new people coming into the ...
