We are building a wall of debt.

We need to help our colleagues understand what the risk is of a failure to address our long-term imbalances.

I believe that the buildup of Federal debt is the single biggest threat to our Nation's long-term economic security.

I am very, very concerned about some of these things that I hear about and read in the newspaper might be in this package.

I certainly salute his transparency, putting on the table things we know are going to be expenditures.

I do not believe it has ever been more clear that our Nation's economic and national security are directly linked to our energy policy.

I share the assessment of Senator Conrad and Dr. Johnson that the IMF's forecast for mildly positive global growth is optimistic.

Why don't you go back to the Bush years when revenues were up to 18.9 percent of GDP?

the key is getting it out into the economy now.

I commend you for having a budget that is a net tax cut for the middle class of this country.

I think I agree with Senator Conrad on this.

I very much want to see that separate, not because I am not supporting doing something on cap-and-trade, because I am and have very specific ways that I believe that we can work together to get there.

There have got to be prosecutions of criminal wrongdoing, and it is breathtaking.

And this represents the best of our democracy, having a serious debate about serious things.

We should not take that off the table because I think your counsel there is excellent.

You cannot claim that you are being disciplined if you leave off the table the most significant item that has to be addressed.

On an overall basis, I see something quite different, and I think CBO will also conclude something quite different.

I remember when our previous Vice President said that deficits don't matter, and, in fact, we all know that they do.