Dan Coats actually said...

Yes, I am. I've been assured that I have the authority to be a member of that committee and be at that committee in every one of its meetings.

Coats confirms he has authority to participate in committee meetings.

02/27/2017

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I think unfortunately we are perhaps inadvertently already in a fiscal disaster.

The fact is that Congress and the Executive Branch have failed to address the debt crisis effectively.

Our spending addiction in Washington has led to the point where we now face the prospect of record deficits as far as the eye can see.

Well, clearly the sequester should be replaced by targeted action in the area of entitlement reform.