Scott Peters: “the notion is that in the short-term, at least while we are using fossil fuels, we would like the lowest carbon output…”

under the Democrats, we pay for new spending and we pay for tax cuts. Under Republican rule, you pay for new spending, but you do not have to pay for tax cuts.

under Republicans, they don't pay for tax cuts, and so every time there is a tax cut, it just ruins their budget.

If you wanted to cut Social Security, what you would do is do nothing.

I did support legislation like the bipartisan Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, which passed the House late last year.