I sincerely believe that the president's budget proposal is a balanced approach that includes short term incentives to spur immediate job growth, and includes long term deficit reduction.

Senate republicans have not been shy about their goal, which is to defeat President Obama, make him a one-term President.

I would suggest, however, that we have a hearing to examine the unprecedented obstruction of the Senate republicans of the confirmation process, and how it is hurting our economic recovery, our efforts at law enforcement, and also the ensuring of liberty and justice for all Americans.

Indeed, for the Koch brothers, things go better with the Keystone pipeline.

I kind of like the title of this, the--we are--we are looking to protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals.

But so will the massive numbers of illegal weapons that fall into the hands of wrongdoers based on the gun show loophole.

Congress certainly has oversight authority to investigate this.

I think this is another manufactured controversy by the Second Amendment, NRA, Republican, Tea Party movement.

I say I'm very sorry that this nation, which should be limiting the numbers of assault weapons possessed by wrongdoers, does not do its job, and as a result 40,000-plus people are dead.

Well, it's manufactured into a scandal or into an alleged scandal when, in fact, the scandal, Anderson, has to do with the lack of federal laws, which contribute to the numbers of assault weapons that enter into the hands of Mexican drug cartels and others and are used to kill people.

I think this was another manufactured controversy by the second amendment NRA Republican Tea Party Movement.