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I think the U.S. Congress should be aware of and be watching in terms of its own agenda in the future.

If you want to cause a sovereign debt crisis for France, the best thing you can do is have an enormous fiscal fight on Capitol Hill in January and February of next year.

the most important thing we could do is to get our own fiscal house in order here.

At the end of the day, the bottom line is that America needs a strong Europe and vice versa.

first we have to get our own house in order in order to be credible in this discussion.

We need to coordinate where we can to support our European partners as they do what's necessary to put these crises behind them and resume creating growth and jobs on both sides of the Atlantic.

Austerity alone can't solve the complex series of problems. Long-term growth, competitiveness, and structural reform all need to play a role in the solution.

How Europe responds to this crisis and the lessons we draw from these events will have dramatic implications.

With wealth and power shifting away from the North Atlantic, this crisis can either divide the United States and Europe, leaving us both with reduced influence in the world, or it can be an opportunity for reforming and strengthening our…

The eurozone crisis will change the transatlantic relationship, but it should not define that relationship.

Austerity-only will not work and can lead to steeper borrowing rates and lower revenues, making the longer term challenges even more difficult.

And, in addition, if they are then audited in any of those jurisdictions, they have to then go and defend themselves against an audit in other states. Correct?

This bill, in my view, tramples on New Hampshire's choice not to have a sales tax.

I fear the proposal may erode existing protections on state sovereignty.

I urge you to fight to protect New Hampshire's ability to protect their businesses from out of state tax authorities.

This proposal we'll discuss today is very critical to New Hampshire and to other states that have opted to not have a sales tax.

I don't believe it is fair to New Hampshire businesses that another state has the authority to turn us into their personal tax collector.

Congress should not enact any legislation that would grant State governments the authority to impose any new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small online businesses and entrepreneurs, which would ultimately hurt the…