I filed 20 or 30 civil rights cases to desegregate schools and political organizations and county commissions when I was United States Attorney.

We are not going to misrepresent any nominee's record and we're not going to lie about it.

I did not support the TARP program, but I know the reason it was passed, and it was a difficult decision to oppose it.

We ought to be able to at least tell them what they can expect to receive.

You all don't know what you are doing up there, do you?

I said there would be a negative GDP.

This is an unhealthy trend, I guess you would agree.

I have great confidence in your abilities, and if you will just sift through all these difficult issues and give us your honest evaluation of what makes sense, then I think that can be a big help to us.

The cap-and-trade tax increase is a huge burden on the entire economy also.

This budget at its base is more taxes, more spending, and more debt.

But I do not want to be reckless, overspending, and unprincipled either.

It seems to me, would you not agree, that that is an unsustainable trend?

I have been working with Senator Kennedy on a plan to create a universal savings plan in addition to Social Security for every worker in America.

I did not support President Bush's 'send out the check' program, and I think the chart that was shown earlier indicated that it did not do much for the economy.

if we don't do the Yucca that you have decided not to do, if we don't do that, we have a very real obligation to come forward with a positive plan.

I know the excuse is, well, it was an emergency so we do not care, we did something, and that is politically of value.

it only makes sense that if a utility... invests billions of dollars to build a nuclear plant... they ought to get some credit for that.

Those debts are burdens this economy is going to have to carry, and we should keep this thing as lean and as productive as absolutely possible.

the interest on the debt today, the $10 trillion or so that we have today? About $200 billion.

You are going to need to personally drive that if you are going to change, because this Congress and no administration since I have been here have the kind of commitment to efficiency and productivity that most Governors have.

President Obama is committed to thinking through and trying to find some new ways to deal with these problems.

Many of these Main Street banks would like to pay back their TARP money to the Government and terminate their relationship with the Government.

Well, that is a stunning number, and that is obviously why we have not put it in the budget.

$450 billion every year, Mr. Chairman, on the interest on the debt, is equivalent to almost an entire cost of the 5-year Iraq war.

There is no money to waste, and we are going to carry--our children will carry this debt.