
the single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.
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the single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.

claims going forward that continuing the Trump tax cuts would pay for themselves, as you said is absurd.

the claims that, you know, big tax, personal tax cuts for wealthy people is going to generate something like in the range of 4.6 percent. I mean that was just ridiculous, right?

Rather than punish success, tax reform should focus on incentivizing work, savings, and investment.

I've been told because the mistake that was made by CBO with the initial--I wasn't planning on getting into this...

the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), this program was created to provide compensation and justice to those Americans who suffered devastating health impacts of nuclear weapon development and testing.

Even the author of this legislation, may he rest in peace, the former Senator from Utah, Warren Hatch, he referenced this before he passed away about the mistakes that were made in this legislation

Most importantly, we must have a frank discussion about Washington's spending addiction.

I very much appreciate what the Ranking Member shared about Tip O'Neill and President Reagan.

Updating the Budget Act for the 21st Century is a shared goal worth continuing to work towards.

Even the author of this legislation, may he rest in peace, the former Senator from Utah, Warren Hatch, he referenced this before he passed away about the mistakes that were made in this legislation

I very much appreciate what the Ranking Member shared about Tip O'Neill and President Reagan.

I've been told because the mistake that was made by CBO with the initial--I wasn't planning on getting into this...

the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), this program was created to provide compensation and justice to those Americans who suffered devastating health impacts of nuclear weapon development and testing.

If we all agree that we're not cutting Social Security and Medicare, and we all agree that their trust funds become cash insolvent in approximately 10 years, there's only one solution left. Raise new revenues to fund Social Security and…

President Biden continues to use his pen and phone to spend trillions, particularly on student loan bailouts, and in these unprecedented fiscal times that's the height of recklessness.

I'm going back to this comes up why can't you guys do something about saving Social Security and Medicare?

Taxpayers and workers, and investors are smarter than we are in the United States Senate, because we've had 93 marginal tax rates.