I was 17--actually, 16 years old when I learned that I had applied too late to go to the Air Force Academy.
We do owe those service members, in fact, our commitment to ensure that they have an access to the best quality education.
It is really not that complicated.
So, we are, and this is where Rich and I really agree, we are sitting here not looking about creating more jobs, we are looking at the possi...
We should reauthorize this whole bill.
the deficit is a problem? Yes, it is. It is a big problem.
We believe in paying for things that are worth having.
I do not want to interrupt, but when I walked up here from the train station this morning I did see a pig fly overhead.
I am on the record in support of a gas tax increase to pay for those investments.
We would support that kind of a tax, too. We think that a user fee ought to be dedicated to transportation though.
God bless Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson because when they proposed to the Deficit Commission, they actually said we will take part of the ...
I am one of the few people who is actually on record for supporting a modest, gradual increase in the Gas Tax.
Let us raise the Gas Tax a penny a month for 48 months.
I always like to say if something is worth having, it is worth paying for.
Foreign governments and, frankly, their comparable law enforcement entities.
I support ARPA-E getting a significant increase and think it has shown, both in its strategy and its focus, a real innovative approach.
But we need technology development.
I think that's critical, as you discussed before, to creating the kind of draw that will sustain manufacturing here.
