If you believe, as most do, that it would be better for us not to have trillion dollar annual deficits and $33 trillion in debt, the course of action is not a mystery.

It is imperative that the Congress begin to act immediately, and the failure to do so could indeed signal the end of the Republic as we know it.

we need to tackle the fiscal dysfunction, and I believe a fiscal commission is part of that

So I think you have got to have the ability to have an expedited procedure in the United States Senate and then to have a vote.

So it is my strong belief that the Republican Party unilaterally will not be able to solve those issues, nor will the Democrat Party in this chamber, or in either chamber, solve the issues of Social Security and Medicare.

this Congress is going to have to muster the courage to fix this, and we can no longer hide behind the politics of everything

Rising deficits and debt are an economic and a national security concern.

There is another answer. The only reason the trust fund is an issue is because the law says that benefits have to be paid out of the trust fund.

We are headed for serious results if we don't act. We need to act now.

If you don't have that, it is not going to work.

The alternative, I believe, is to have a bipartisan fiscal commission.

I share the Chairman's concern and that of most of the witnesses about our soaring national debt and the need for this Congress to do more.

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