I do think that the FDIC and Sheila Bair have had the sense of urgency about the problem that I want to see.

I will fix the banks, and I will get credit flowing again, and I will make everything else second and subordinate until that job is honorably done.

Under the President's budget, non-defense discretionary spending would average 3.6 percent of GDP over the next decade.

It defies both our basic values and economic common sense to deny any child in America the quality education they need to compete in the global economy.

Health care reform is a moral imperative, an economic imperative, and a fiscal imperative for our Nation.

We have launched a very powerful program to help jump-start lending to small businesses.

We face the risk that Government borrowing will crowd out private borrowing in the future and weaken growth.

The budget makes a significant commitment to our energy security that will strengthen our economy, our environment, and our national security.

We will bring the full force of the Federal Government to ensure that the major banks have enough confidence and resources to lend.

We need to act to get the broader credit markets working again.

We start this Congress and this administration with a $1.3 trillion budget deficit.