I want to join you in commending Senator Conrad and Senator Gregg for their extraordinary leadership in this area.
Thus, our decisionmaking must begin by reconsidering spending that, although popular, simply cannot be justified during ...
I know there are many who are concerned about the no amendment provision.
I cannot help but observe the irony that we are having this debate about what to do with the unsustainable debt load of ...
The basic problem is that government has promised more than our citizens can afford to pay.
What do economists believe is a level of debt as measured by a percentage of GDP that is acceptable versus worrisome?
I think people ignore trillions of dollars worth of debt which is real.
The sooner we act, the lower they can be.
As the Chairman has pointed out, this nomination comes before us at a time when the threat to our Nation posed by illega...
An important part of the counternarcotics effort is to interdict and seize cash from the drug trade.
The horrific bloodshed that has resulted in the deaths of thousands in Mexico is not constrained to the southern side of...