Sam Brownback

Just don't kill us. OK? I mean, yes, we need to address security--and we will work with you on common-sense things we can do.

We need you to work with us, if you can, because it's an industry that's very dependent upon sensible regulations that can work, but still let the industry be able to fly.

It seems like they are going to, kind of, drag this along for a long period of time if you are not willing to push them.

There is a commission coming together on entitlement reform.

We really need to do something like this for the totality of government, particularly for entitlement programs.

I just don't see it happening.

I have been putting in a bill for a dozen years on a BRAC-type process to review all of the Federal Government.

The likelihood of that actually happening is, say, between slim and none, and slim just left town.

I just really think this is a wrong idea at a horrific time.

I would ask, just formally, unanimous consent that Members can submit additional questions for the record.

The idea that you would raise taxes on the American public when we are in this sort of financial condition in the country right now doesn't seem rational.

I think we just have to hammer them for us and take aggressive action.

I voted against the $787 billion stimulus package because I viewed it as a largely wasteful use of taxpayers' dollars.

Proponents of the stimulus claimed that it would prevent the unemployment rate from rising above 8% or 9%, and yet it is already at 9.8%.

You need to have competitive workers with good skills. Otherwise, those jobs are going to go straight offshore.

The guy that is kind of new, I wouldn't put him a rock star, but he is a radio star in the Midwest, is Dave Ramsey.

Effectively, that is what you are saying, because they are not loaning money.

I can see that. It sure looks like to me we could start to raise interest rates some here.

Seems to me that that is something we are going to have to do long term to maintain economic competitiveness for us, is just to try to stimulate capital formulation and probably tax more on the consumption side of the equation.

This will be an extended debate, and several of us are going to try to make sure we have it...

The too big to fail banks are a major risk to our current economic situation.

I think the WTO should have the responsibility for overseeing exchange issues just like it does for unfair trade practices.

We have been unable to compete, unable to generate enough revenue from exports to pay for what we import.

I think Senator Brownback said this--to overspending.

It seems to me that is one of the areas we continue to have a consumer deleveraging, that the credit continues to decline even though there is lots of money out there.