But, by the same token, I know that at some point we run out of the ability to fund all those things.

I think sometimes we forget, it is not the government that provides one single penny to run this machine.

We have gone so far away from what this--how it works. It just drives me nuts.

There's an old adage about don't worry about the mule, just load the wagon.

We should be ashamed of ourselves if we are frightening senior citizens.

My constituents want a Social Security office that is open.

We do have problems that need to be worked on... not trying to figure out how to whip up everybody into some fear position.

If this isn't a crisis, we had better look up in the dictionary what a crisis is.

This is not a Republican and Democrat. This is an American problem.

I just think that sometimes you try to help people, and they turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to what you have offered them.

If you came here for a political career and you didn't come here for the people that you represent, then my God, take a look at the mirror and say, am I still doing what they sent me to do?