You are going to have to do something on the revenue side as well.

I don't see the pivot.

The majority were meritorious.

the debt right now is threatening our economic recovery in the short term as well as the long term

It helps improve the competitive position of the United States.

History is going to judge us, whether or not we were up to this challenge and whether or not we were true patriots.

We have doubled the national debt over the last 9 years. We are getting ready to double it again over the next 8 years.

CBO told us phasing out the favorable tax treatment for health care, employer-based health care, is one of the most important things that needs to be done.

Those are jobs that are going to be right here in this country.

It is going to take bold strokes to deal with this challenge. It is going to take big ideas and it is going to take political courage.

I just do not think it is realistic.

I think all of us know the financial systems and internal controls at DOD need improvement.

I personally applaud you for doing that. I think Senator Gregg has been very clear about our concerns about this not being done in the past.

We are on a collision course with reality, and the reality is we cannot afford as a Nation all of the things that we are doing.

I will tell you, I don't know what is happening as a culture, but when we have the national news media obsessing on Michael Jackson and obsessing on side issues...

If we don't have a plan that all of us basically think has got merit, it will be abandoned.

I hope is not waiting around for the health care bill, which has a lot of important building blocks in it, to pass.

I hope there will be an opportunity for the Congress to reconsider its rejection of the Conrad-Gregg proposal.