We must pass this balanced budget amendment.

We're trying to protect the taxpayer here through this balanced budget amendment.

This provision could both increase costs to the Coast Guard and invite retaliation by America's trading partners.

Government spending must be restrained and the budget balanced.

Protection is out; free and fair trade is in.

We want to see a balanced budget amendment passed.

Some day, that debt must be paid with your money.

It would promote labor unrest and expose our economy to the disruption of commerce.

We have spent $800 billion in the last 10 years, cleaning up the environment.

The most troubling features would impede cost-saving initiatives.

Only a growing economy can generate the resources and the will to manage natural assets for the longer term and the common good.

The economy can grow even while pollution is reduced.

It's not a question of balance or imbalance. It's a question of fair trade.

NAFTA, that North American free trade agreement, is not a threat to Asia.

The capital gains tax is a tax on the American dream.

I would gladly sign into law responsible legislation that does not threaten the economic recovery and its associated job creation.

Education, the environment, a strong economy, and true civil rights: Buddy changed parties to crusade for these causes.

I just hope that the Senate will do what's needed, and that is help these people, but also do something that is budgetarily sound.