
Last week, I joined Sanders, Lee, Blumenthal, Crapo, Risch, and Murphy as a broad bipartisan effort to introduce the Article I Act.
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Last week, I joined Sanders, Lee, Blumenthal, Crapo, Risch, and Murphy as a broad bipartisan effort to introduce the Article I Act.

It's crucial that our emergency response plans are inclusive and accessible to all.

This is the only place that seems to try to violate that rule routinely.

Instead of prioritizing the highest risk groups, which we should have because we knew the science of the disease very quickly, we ended up just following the political science.

Prudent budgeting and planning are integral for both emergency preparedness and response to be successful.

over the last two decades, it is north of maybe $10 trillion that have been added to the Federal debt.

Interest payments on our debt are going to be the single most expensive thing we do in the Federal Government.

Interest payments on our debt are going to be the single most expensive thing we do in the Federal Government.

the national level, one of the things we are trying to determine is, for critical infrastructure, and I mentioned that earlier, that includes pipelines and other things, what is the role of the Federal Government, how do we work with our…

I think sooner or later, when you have any understanding of fiscal policy and macroeconomics, you are going to pay the piper with inflation and other things that happen due to that approach.

I think it is great advice and I think that data was coming in while we were contending with it, and we just were stubborn in not focusing on where we knew the problem was the worst with the elderly.

I think sooner or later, when you have any understanding of fiscal policy and macroeconomics, you are going to pay the piper with inflation and other things that happen due to that approach.

They have a fairly--they have got somewhat larger central Government, probably budget, but they don't borrow money to spend what they want to spend.

It is very important that we have our Federal finances in as strong of a position as possible, and an emergency fund could very well be an important component of that.

They have a fairly--they have got somewhat larger central Government, probably budget, but they don't borrow money to spend what they want to spend.

This is the only place that seems to try to violate that rule routinely.

I don't think we will do that until you hit the ditch fairly hard.

The Federal Government should do more to plan ahead for emergencies and change the trajectory of emergencies, especially to protect older Americans and those with disabilities.