I don't agree with Mr. Gingrich on many fiscal issues, but I think on this one, he is right.

We began down this path by enacting tax cuts that cost the government $2.3 trillion.

I don't understand how anyone who voted for the Iraq war could now vote against raising the debt ceiling.

Instead, after years of reckless spending and tax cuts, the Federal Government ran deficits from 2002 until 2011.

This debt is about the past, not about the future.

Thank you, Mr. Levin. At this late hour, let me point something out and take exception to what Chairman Camp said at the outset of his remarks. We're here tonight because, despite what the gentleman from Texas just said as well, you can't…

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What are the strategies afoot with your office to encourage some of our market priority countries, such as Brazil, to join these negotiations?