On the recordDecember 3, 2010
For the last 10 months, because of President Obama's Executive order, we have had a bipartisan deficit commission that has asked some of the hardest questions I have ever faced as an elected official: How can we come to grips with the debt of this country? What can we do to reduce spending and increase revenue so our children do not end up inheriting an unconscionable, unsustainable debt? It has been a hard meeting to discuss changes in the law and changes in spending. The goal was to cut $4 trillion out of the deficit in the next 10 years. It sounds simple, doesn't it, with a government this size and an economy this size, but it is not. When you get down to it, hard choices have to be made.
