We do not have a 10-year budget window problem; we have a 30-year demographic problem.

I think we have pretty well established, I think, in the testimony that the Affordable Care Act is going to decrease economic growth by shrinking our labor force.

Aren't you taking money out of a business owner's pocket?

Has there been accountability and will there be accountability?

Now, at the time, did the legal counsel look at that statute and express a legal opinion that this was legal and authorized?

I think it is a legitimate question. I think it is kind of the heart of the issue here.

Deficit spending of $8 trillion in the first decade, $31 trillion in the second decade, $88 trillion in the third decade.

But when it is held in the hands of the Federal Government, it is the same thing as if you had $20, spent it, and then write yourself a pretty little note, put it in your pocket, and say, 'I have got 20 bucks.'

It is not about demanding a ransom. It is about trying to instill, if we are going to increase the debt burden on our children and grandchildren, I think most Americans would expect us to at least enact some reforms to the long-term…

I believe is the best way of addressing a livable wage so that we do not actually reduce the entry-level job positions, because I think that is what happens when you increase the minimum wage.

I was able to get Mr. Elmendorf to admit that the Social Security Trust Fund nets to zero when you consolidate the books of the Federal Government.

I just want to reinforce what Senator Sessions said.

We all want a strong social safety net to help people like that.

I think the investigation that is going on now is serious.

I challenge that assumption.

2.5 million people will remove themselves from the labor force.

We are getting really heart-wrenching e-mails and letters from our constituents. Their premiums are doubling and tripling.

As I mentioned earlier Wisconsin is experiencing a propane crisis right now, very short supplies, increasing prices.