Sam Brownback: “Do you believe you need the authority to enforce these standards that you've articulated?”

The signal this Democratic Congress is sending is clear: We'll spend whatever taxpayer money it takes to save a government job; the rest of you American workers can take a hike.

My major concern . . . is the jobs in Kansas. Wichita is the air capital of the world, and we've got more major air companies there than anyplace in the world: Boeing, Airbus and all the [general aviation],

we have to get more focus on this by a broader cross-section, or we will not be effective in this.

A frantic rush for band-aid fixes is no way to provide guidance to the economy.