I and Tom Carper were the only Democrats to vote against [the deal that made 80 percent of the Bush tax cuts permanent].

The deficit and the debt have not gotten any better over that period of time.

I think Tom Carper voted against that bill.

I think we need to look into what the regulators do, exactly what happened to create the problems that these two banks that failed faced.

The deficit and the debt have not gotten any better over that period of time.

I want to thank you for coming out to Talbott Farms in Palisade for one of those early on.

People are really interested.

I think with your leadership we really have a chance to make a dent in this, and anything that we can do to help support that effort, we want to do.

I would love to be able to go home and have a farm bill listening session where people are saying, 'We are actually seeing improvements on the ground' because of what we are doing together here.

I have had farm bill listening session after farm bill listening session. I think we have had 26 in Colorado so far.

Concerns about programs like EQIP and CRP and USDA Rural Development community facilities, the fact that they are exceedingly burdensome.