The reason that we have Medicare and Medicaid is because conventional economics don't apply to health care.

the Republican party, for all these years, has been bankrupt and remains bankrupt as to how they would undertake a major change

These efforts mean those with criminal records are less likely to return to our jail, while others will never make the first trip into detention.

The American people, for a variety of reasons, have now begun a slow but steady metamorphosis on their support of free trade.

I think there is general agreement on that. I understand why.

I thought the testimony was superb.

Congress is made up more and more today of crusaders as opposed to legislators.

We need to hear from middle class families. We need to talk about expanding the child credit.

I hold to the position that tax policy cannot be done on the basis of political philosophy and needs to be based upon policy philosophy.

We don't want to pick winners and losers. We are not going to do it through the Tax Code.

I think that until we begin to address now the 47 million Americans who receive food stamps, trying to figure out how to get many of those people back to work because they really do want to work.

Seven to nine million Americans are working part-time that want to work full-time.