Now, any discussion of the budget is going to involve a judgment as to what the appropriate role of government is, and many of us in this room have different philosophies about wha...
I hope we never get to the point in this debate or in this country where we are trying to pit tanks against teachers.
So with that in mind, this week on Face the Nation, you were asked about the spending levels of the President's budget, and you said that th...
A huge increase in what we are spending on defense. Absolutely a huge amount of increase.
Well, you know, we know what happens when people say social programs. Many Americans think welfare.
Last year when we received the President's budget for 2018, I described it as a betrayal with a long list of broken promises, which it was.
I just referenced, because I know over the past 6 months the 10-year Treasury note has gone up by 70 basis points.
This is an irresponsibly extreme budget that reflects a disdain for working families as well as a disheartening lack of vision for a stronge...
The budget calls for massive cuts to healthcare, antipoverty programs, and investments in economic growth all to blunt the deficit-exploding...
That is such a dangerously low level of funding, it would leave the government unable to carry out its basic functions.
If you believe America is better off by gutting these investments, you fundamentally misunderstand the true source of our Nation's strength....