Act now, but do not act for immediate austerity.

We cannot continue to let health care costs rise faster than our National income.

But there is no question that if you are going to address this issue in a way that has substantive impact on the future of our Nation, the prosperity of our children, and our standard of living, it is the second 10 years, and the third 10…

If our goal is to reach a deal, we should not get engaged in this fight.

I don't think you can get there without doing what Dr. Rivlin referred to, which is you shift from a utilization system to a qualities and outcome system.

I think in order to get Republican buy-in on further revenues you are going to have to do policy changes in entitlement accounts that bend the curves in the outyear in a very substantial way, and make it clear that those accounts are…

America is one debt deal away from leading the world out of its economic doldrums.

We have to figure out how to do the deal that straightens this out.

Oh, this year. Before June, hopefully.

To get this done, you are going to have to have compromise--compromise on both sides of the aisle.

The Simpson-Bowles Commission...came to the conclusion that on our present path this Nation goes bankrupt.

Under Simpson-Bowles we suggested that the goal should be to stabilize the debt at 70 percent of GDP or less.

I just wanted to thank you for bringing this up. I am the spouse of a Vietnam-era veteran, and I recall the era quite well.

I think doing this and doing it quickly now is appropriate, and I want to thank everybody for working in a bipartisan manner to honor the men and women.

I just wanted to applaud the suggestion that this is a conversation that we really need to have...

This delay in inspecting the ships could create an unnecessary risk.

So what are the biggest threats right now with respect to the Northern border?

I heard is this is a change in policy, so it has not been done this way in the past.