I mean, I think the rating agencies are able to look at the liabilities there and the liabilities on bonds and make informed decisions.
It is really up to the Governors and, I would say, mayors, which have actually a larger amount of the debt out there than States do.
it would impact direct services and potential services that local governments could provide because their ability to borrow would diminish i...
I would echo what Senator Wyden said in regards to tax reform.
the big chunk of our retirement funds--I can tell you, as a former mayor, we invested in U.S. securities all the time because it is the safe...
if we have those discussions, we may have assumptions that we can lay down, but then we at least can know what those numbers will be
I look forward to working with Senator Cardin and I hope a united bipartisan Senate on that issue.
Thank you for coming up to Alaska and especially to rural Alaska.
There are so many places to hit in 6 minutes and 54 seconds. Let me, first of all, thank you for all of your work.
If we wanted a great demonstration example of how to do high-speed rail, we look forward to Virginia's application being perhaps more compet...
I cannot think of a better place with higher potential usage and a more willing bipartisan support at this point than the Commonwealth of Vi...
I do have some of the concerns that Senator Thune has, that, you know, we have to make the financing work the right way.
we cannot afford to be on the track we are on financially for this country because at the end of the day we will hit a brick wall, and there...
we have to re-examine what is the right approach.
We need to move forward on a real plan.
Simply talking about deficit reduction does not get us anyplace.
It is really only a question of when, and whether we are going to do this on our timetable in a way that is not disruptive to the economy or...
I look forward to working with you and Senator Sessions and all our colleagues on making sure we do not get to that point.
