It is about growth. It is about human capital. It is about people.

I worry about the uncertainty of the dynamic scoring model on the tax proposals.

I think this is the important point about TPP, which is really, as I understand it, an issue before this committee.

Engage with TPP, not with the TPA, not at this stage. You don't need the TPA. Engage with the TPP.

First, don't give up on Dodd-Frank. The big hit to our debt came from the financial crisis.

And, third, you have got to control healthcare costs. It is mandatory.

Uncertainty discourages investment, discourages hiring.

I think we should on a forward-looking basis before it gets to a situation where there is a lot of rhetoric and confrontation think about what is the right way for fiscal policy to be involved in any future difficulties.

I think it was Mr. Blumenauer who was making the point about the gas tax and the need for investment in roads.

please don't forget human capital, because one thing we have learned from 200 years of experience is that the prosperity of any country depends, first and foremost, on the education, on the skills, on the health of its citizens

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