I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I rise today to join my fellow Democratic members of the House Budget Committee to express my confusion and disbelief over our colleagues' decision to make a spectacle out of the so-called…

These last few years haven't been the best of times. But while we have lost a few years, we have not lost our way.

This is a moment in time when our country is crying out for fundamental change and reform. Washington cannot reform itself and Washington will never be reformed by those who have been compromised by the culture of Washington.

The presidency is not a place to learn how to lead. It's a place to exercise the judgment and leadership that has been learned over a lifetime, and that's precisely what I'll do.

I refuse to believe that America is just another place on the map with a flag. We stand for freedom and hope and opportunity.

We say he's learning too little and too late.

In this election, let's fight for the America we love because we believe in America and its founding principles.

This was a good night for Rick Santorum. I want to congratulate Senator Santorum. Wish him the very best.

President Obama has failed. We will succeed.

Now, under President Obama, the average duration of unemployment has more than doubled. And there's some 14 million more people on food stamps today than when he took office. Again, by President Obama's own definition, he has failed, and…

For my dad, for my dad and for hundreds of thousands, millions of others like him, and like my mom as well, this was the land of opportunity. Where the circumstance of birth was no barrier to being able to achieve one's dreams.

But we're going to take our message of liberty and prosperity to every corner of the country. And when this primary season is over, we're going to stand united as a party behind our nominee to defeat Barack Obama and restore the values…

No, Mr. President, under the definition of progress you made right here four years ago in Denver, you have not made progress.

It does not mean they are abusing their benefits; it is just a natural consequence of what happens.

we remain in a position in which our Federal debt to gross domestic product ratio is in excess of 90 percent.

our Social Security tax is a tax. It is just like any other tax imposed by the Federal Government.

extending benefits can tend to lengthen the amount of time that many people are unemployed.

I do worry that extending Unemployment Benefits might be harmful to the economy.