ADAM PUTNAM: “We have worked our way through Dickens, Dr. Seuss, and the entire New Testament. I wait to see what else awaits us.”

There are no excuses and no scapegoats left.

There are no excuses and no escapegoats left.

I say to my friends again, we agree on the technology having been improved. We agree on the need for a comprehensive solution. But you all agree with us that 3 miles is too close. If that is the case, let's adopt this amendment and do this…

You will see a stifling new increase of taxes, both on families and on small businesses. And there will be no one at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue with a veto stamp that is Obama, Pelosi and Reid. And all that that entails.