"I am pleased that you included the auto-IRA bill in the budget that I worked on for many, many years."
"Tax-exempt municipal bonds are the most important tool in the United States for financing investments in schools, roads, bridges, water, and sewer systems."
"My colleague, John Lewis, was treated in some of the most difficult moments of his life, he was treated by the only group that would treat him at the time in the aftermath of Selma, and that was a gro..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question is going to be directed to any of the panelists."
"the best hospitals perhaps in the world are right in Massachusetts. And so, when anybody gets sick I have never heard them make the argument, 'I don't want to be in Massachusetts.'"
"Please protect the charitable tax deduction to give children a chance, and families a future."
"In January 2001, CBO estimated that the total budget surplus for 2002 to 2011 would be $5.6 trillion, surplus."
"The total deficit over that 10-year period amounted to $6.1 trillion, a swing of $11.7 trillion from January 2001 and its projections."
"Many of the most senior Members of this Committee routinely voted to raise the debt ceiling during those years."
"Instead, after years of reckless spending and tax cuts, the Federal Government ran deficits from 2002 until 2011."
"As we debate increasing the debt ceiling this afternoon, I think a bit of history is important as we acknowledge the current fiscal situation."