We are running a deficit this year of about $1.5 trillion. We need to look at almost every corner of our budget
Thank you for bringing your previous role as Mayor of a large city and a leader of the Nation's Mayors to these issues.
At some point, we will be hit by a fiscal crisis as credit markets lose face in the U.S. political system's ability to fix the problem.
We really have to figure out how we are going to get better results for less money in this new time of fiscal constraint.
I congratulate you on this important bill and your excellent line-up of bipartisan co-sponsors.
So as I think you suggested, Senator Carper, it kind of hits that Goldilocks sweet spot.
the Congress should have to vote on the President's proposals, we call them rescissions, reducing, rescinding spending
Clearly, we face a dangerous fiscal situation and deficits and debt are rising as far as we can see.
Our Nation's debt stands at $14 trillion.
The Fiscal Commission...provided us with a roadmap out of this morass.
We need only ask our friends in Greece and in Ireland about that.
Good questions. Thank you, Senator, thanks very much.
I disagree with this President on the second engine, by the way, the so-called second engine on our new fighter plane.
Thank you. I have used this analogy before, I think, in this Subcommittee or in this Committee, and in our experience in Delaware, we had so...
The last President, this President, current Secretary of Defense said, 'Why don't we stop buying more C-17s?'
If we were to restore earmarks in that limited way with a lot of transparency, the idea of having the legislation before us, actually signed...
I am actually encouraged that we are seeing a little bit of a restoration of bipartisan spirit in the Senate, which is good.
I think it would enhance the President's faith in the Legislative Branch to take on his requests.
