I think it's important for us to have transparency in how the money is spent.
Meeting the challenges of rebuilding our economy and bringing a new sense of responsibility to Washington isn't just abo...
Our problem is not just a deficit of dollars, it's a deficit of accountability, and a deficit of trust.
We can't have two administrations running foreign policy at the same time.
And in the short-term, we will actually see potentially additions to the deficit.
The Congressional Budget Office announced that the deficit we are inheriting from this budget year will be $1.2 trillion...
All the gentlemen here understand both the pressures and possibilities of this office. And for me to have the opportunit...
Barack Obama has got to come up with a plan that says, ultimately, we will get rid of that.
We have an economic situation that is dire.
We must scour this budget line by line, eliminating what we don't need or what doesn't work.
And I describe earmarks as the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review. So, what I'm sayi...