we are now reduced to the point of actually hearing, no disrespect, Mr. Barker, about reptiles and how intrusive Federal...
Shovel-ready has become a national joke.
These are exactly the kinds of bipartisan constructive initiatives our committee and Congress should support.
We need to find common ground; we need to focus on concrete proposals and we need to pass them now.
In a day and age when China is spending 9 percent of their GDP on infrastructure, we are spending less than half of a pe...
We are paying less taxes, percentage of GDP, than we have in a long time.
To say that we cannot afford to make these investments right now when our economy needs it most and get 14 million peopl...
One of the greatest threats to our national security is our failure to properly educate every single one of our children...
I think we need to do both.
Government does have a role. Private business has a role.
At some point, we need to say, wait a minute, let us get this right.
At some point, there is no one in this room who, if you had a house, you would repair it and maintain it.
Let me tell you what worries me.
Their concern was that there were Members of Congress that were going around talking about not raising the debt ceiling.
At some point, we have to say wait a minute, let us get off this merry go round and begin to create jobs for people.
They say, what about them in a recession, what about the secretary who is only making $50,000?
We saw what Standard and Poor's did.
I take it, from looking at both your reports, that you would want tax reform to be done in a way that maintains at least...
