I think there is a growing concern in Europe that it is a serious structural problem.

America's Tax Code is broken, and I am committed to working with anyone, Republican or Democrat, to fix it.

Instead of making the tax code better, Congress has spent the last 27 years tinkering with the code.

They deserve a tax code that works for them in a better way.

It is critical to consider how decisions made about committee budgets will affect our ability to advance the country's number one priority, and that is strengthening the economy to generate much needed job creation.

Assuring this committee has the resources to fill that mission is essential.

I ask that you keep in mind the Ways and Means Committee's past record of fiscal restraint and aggressive agenda that is before us this Congress.

Public charities and private foundations perform invaluable services for our society, especially during this time of economic slowdown and high unemployment.

The Congress created the debt limit as a check on the delegated borrowing power of the President and it is critical that all parties understand the implications of increasing the debt limit.

Let's pass a long-term increase in the debt ceiling so that the phrase 'backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America' continues to mean something.

Today, they are prolonging another debt-ceiling showdown instead of a long-term extension.