It is very important I think to have the psychology of counselors, of educators, to understand there are some kids who want to be maybe computer people that after 2 years of a junior school or 2 years of a technical school, if you are a…

I think the larger point here, based on your response to that first question about growth and profits, is corporations have a decision as to whether or not they are going to pocket more for profit, which they can, or provide higher wages…

It is not easy for a small business to be able to get through the bureaucracies of dealing with government agencies.

A former Governor of my State--famous or infamous, depending upon your perspective--Spiro T. Agnew, once said that the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress.

I never see anything that says where is the cut? Where is the end to the tax breaks for the richest one-tenth of 1 percent of the people in this Nation?

The States pick up the slack, the local communities. That is where education decisions should be made.

I think we share the same passion towards the small business agenda.

the United States cannot and must not default on its debt and violate the full faith and credit of the United States.

I won't work, and we will default. Other than that it is a spiffy idea.

If you invest in your children, if you invest in people's health, mental health, and education status, that you will have lesser costs.

I think we have to be very careful. I share Ms. DeLauro's feeling that if we all paid our fair share, and we spent money wisely not only on the nondefense discretionary side, but on the defense discretionary.

As someone who has long advocated for greater Federal investment in skills training and workforce development as part of my Make It in America agenda, I am eager to hear her perspective.

When the Congress passes a bill and appropriates money, it does, in fact, authorize that expenditure by the Federal Government.

I think clarity is really important at this moment, because there are lots of folks on Capitol Hill who think it is OK to play political games with the debt ceiling.

When the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress.

Treating this issue, as I believe it is being treated, as a divisive issue, as a pejorative issue, is unfortunate.

We have seen record numbers of small business startups.

Nobody should ever contemplate willfully forcing the Treasury to default in this fashion. Anyone who does is unfit for any public office in the United States.