This addiction to foreign oil is a direct threat to our national security.

the commitment we made to the Secretary's people was we would get him out of here at 12:15, and we are close to that.

Senator Gregg's nomination to be the Commerce Secretary represents a great loss for the U.S. Senate and a great gain for the Obama administration.

You cannot grow the Government at that rate and catch your tail.

The debt of the United States doubled over the last 8 years. It is set to, I believe, double again in the next 8 unless we change our long-term policy.

I think they have got a heavy burden to carry to make the argument that we should add substantial costs to health care.

If the first $350 billion had not gone out, I believe the financial system would be in collapse today.

I believe it is absolutely essential, once we have economic recovery underway, that we pivot and take on our long-term imbalances.

CBO's estimate showed the deficit in 2009 would be approximately $1.2 trillion, and that is before any policy changes.

I appreciate the exceptional work that Senator Wyden has done on health care reform.

I also should advise members and their staffs that tomorrow we will have the Secretary of Treasury, Mr. Geithner, here to talk about the financial sector and to talk about housing.

I have had some of the most prominent economists. We have had them testify here. We had Allen Sinai sit at that desk and tell us we are headed for a country that will look like a Banana Republic if we do not deal with this long-term…

I like that idea very much.

the notion that we are going to go from 16 percent of GDP to 18 to 20 percent of GDP, we are on a track now by 2015 we are going to be at 20 percent of GDP

we have got to be able to do better than this and we very much need your help and the help of your associates to point the way

They have been very focused on the long-term issues that confront the country with the budget and the complete unsustainability of our current course.

I just spent the last year and a half getting a farm bill passed, and we paid for the farm bill.

Please don't be drawing lines in the sand.