I think that bringing the corporate rate down would go a long ways towards eliminating the bias that currently exists.

My advice, sir, would be simple, the same advice as Christine Legarde, the new director of the IMF, has given to the United States, which is you need to extend the debt ceiling.

Excessive leverage in the financial sector. You could be steeply progressive on this.

If you want a fair, simple, and pro-growth system, you should tax excessive leverage in the financial system and use the revenue that generates to reduce corporate taxation for the non-financial sector.

In any situation where a fiscal adjustment is required, such as in the United States today, I would suggest that you look at both revenue and expenditures.

Whether you like it or not, Senator, the Code impacts the leverage choice these firms make.

We need to make sure Social Security is safe, secure and sustainable. Congress must act and the sooner we do so, the sooner we can protect those who are most vulnerable, including current retirees and those nearing retirement. And for younger workers and families, we have a responsibility to provide certainty about the future of their Social Security.

But young people deserve peace of mind, too.

the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Social Security's current benefit expenditures, proposed changes to future benefits and the impact those changes would have on the program, future beneficiaries, workers, and the economy.

So you don't think they violated the law when they didn't send one in the mail.

The Republican Study Committee has proposed raising the retirement age to age 70, with benefit cuts starting in just 3 years.