The Simpson-Bowles commission, the bipartisan commission, set $4 trillion in deficit reduction as their 10 year window.
I dare say that Republicans and Democrats alike agree that the sequester is not the best way to achieve that deficit red...
this is a responsible budget that begins to turn the corner in terms of the deficits and is very important in terms of j...
the question is not whether to reduce the deficits, the question has been how do we reduce the deficit
I think what we see here in the president's budget is a responsible approach
I think after your testimony in the Senate yesterday that you are already battle-tested.
that balance is what our Republican colleagues have objected to
This isn't just my opinion and that of these bipartisan groups--economists like Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ha...
Ninety-eight percent of our Republican colleagues have signed a pledge saying they won't close one special interest tax ...
It seems perfectly reasonable, and I think an ordinary American watching this proceeding would agree that you should be ...
why should we fund two different agencies that aren't obviously communicating with each other on an issue of this import...
I do not believe that the way to reform government is to attack millions of hard working middle class workers.
I applaud you and the President for focusing in on these issues of safety.
We need to--a commitment from the Department of the Interior that there is going to be program integrity, that there wil...
I am from Maryland, as you know, and very focused on the health of the Chesapeake Bay and the Bay watershed.
If the ball is hidden and nobody knows, then that is not going to fulfill the objective.
Our objective here is to have a rule where there is disclosure that brings about the confidence of the American public.
We should not try to solve our budget problems on the backs of middle class Federal workers while we refuse to ask the w...
