Our rising deficits are cast by a lot of people as long-term challenge, but not immediate problem today.

They pushed through omnibus appropriation bills with take it or leave mantra for two years.

One area of agreement must be that our budget and appropriation process is broken.

For decades, Congress turned a blind eye as our nation walked toward a fiscal cliff, but Democrats turned that walk into a sprint.

Things need to change.

On my watch, I assure my colleague this is not going to be a mandatory program.

Government Accountability Office and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reports identify many vulnerabilities in the IRS information system.

Despite our political differences, and they aren't as great as the public believes between Republicans and the Democrats.

we've already been helping the global warming issue with more efficient farming and all that.

Addressing poor taxpayer service needs to be a high priority for you.

I agree with the President and the timeline in continued need for fossil fuel.

To paraphrase former fed chairman Paul Volcker, cutting spending may be painful, but the pain for all of us will be much greater if it isn't accomplished.

We should also agree that our nation's fiscal outlook is dire.

would you direct IRS to update the spending plan annually for Congress to review

I urge under your leadership to hold a hearing with CBO on the latest outlook.

the Administration has done nothing to improve the budgetary outlook.

I want to applaud two leaders in this process, Senator Murray and Collins, for publicly announcing their commitment to regular order.

the American Rescue Plan was an enormous policy error.

the Government can do a lot better as far as that we're talking about today. We need a little bit more, first of all, uniformity, age identification, identity verification.

It's also important to hold online service providers accountable in keeping our children safe.

protecting children online also means combating human trafficking, and Senator Feinstein and I have passed legislation in that area

This EARN IT Act... ensures online service providers that fail to crack down on certain contents are not able to escape because of Section 230 intervention.

Congress has and will continue to play a crucial role.

It is my belief that Congress should not continue to allow USDA to both authorize and appropriate for new programs.

It is my belief that Congress should not continue to allow USDA to both authorize and appropriate for new programs.