I think interest rates are a ticking time bomb, and if they return to 5 or 6 percent, we would be paying over $1 trillion a year in interest.
If two-thirds of the American economy is driven by consumer spending and the income is going to the top 1 percent...
So a long-term strategy, not a short-term emergency strategy, is what we really need to be looking at.
we have not done a thing about the debt itself.
I hope you will convey that sentiment to the White House, please.
Failing to support infrastructure is debt.
the passage of the budget agreement was miraculous because it did show that we could, in fact, do things.
This is an important issue. It is one that is not going to go away, and I believe that it is going to continue to bedevi...
I at least ought to have the opportunity to know who it is.
I want to thank Senator Klobuchar and the other Senators who participated today.
But the only tool they have left us is disclosure.