A decade of irresponsible choices has created a fiscal hole that will not be solved by a typical Washington budget process that puts partisanship and parochial interests above our shared national interest.
The President emphasizes the need for a bipartisan fiscal commission to address national debt.
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Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace.
I believe these two reforms would have contributed significantly to the sustainability of Social Security.
I am more troubled by the idea that a White House can say to law firms, 'If you represent parties that we don't like, we're going to pull all our business or bar you from representing people effectively.'
What’s being asked of us is make some effort to stand up for the things that you think are right.
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