01/25/2004
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"Congress is not willing to take short-term pain for long-term gain, period."
"We strongly believe, as part of the debate to increase the debt limit, Congress needs to put in place a special process that allows Congress and the administration to face up to our Nation's long-term..."
"Our failure to act now will guarantee that they are right."
"The system is broken. In my 29 years in Congress, I have never... seen more partisanship and divisive Congress than I have today."