Our Nation's debt stands at $14 trillion.
The last President, this President, current Secretary of Defense said, 'Why don't we stop buying more C-17s?'
If we were to restore earmarks in that limited way with a lot of transparency, the idea of having the legislation before...
I am actually encouraged that we are seeing a little bit of a restoration of bipartisan spirit in the Senate, which is g...
If we ever go back in a future Congress and say we are going to restore earmarks in the appropriations process, maybe we...
I would not have favored that, and I described it before you got here as giving the President--like putting a bazooka un...
We need for the White House, the Executive Branch, to provide stronger leadership on long-term deficit reduction.
I think it would enhance the President's faith in the Legislative Branch to take on his requests.
I think that drawing up that legislation is more complicated and I think it is politically more challenging.
The solution is a multi-year, comprehensive fiscal plan that tackles all areas of the budget.
I think the balance of this bill has it right, because what it basically says is that nothing happens unless Congress af...