We need to find common ground; we need to focus on concrete proposals and we need to pass them now.
These are exactly the kinds of bipartisan constructive initiatives our committee and Congress should support.
To say that we cannot afford to make these investments right now when our economy needs it most and get 14 million peopl...
They say, what about them in a recession, what about the secretary who is only making $50,000?
We saw what Standard and Poor's did.
In a day and age when China is spending 9 percent of their GDP on infrastructure, we are spending less than half of a pe...
At some point, we need to say, wait a minute, let us get this right.
Let me tell you what worries me.
At some point, there is no one in this room who, if you had a house, you would repair it and maintain it.
Government does have a role. Private business has a role.
Their concern was that there were Members of Congress that were going around talking about not raising the debt ceiling.